Meaning

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
2. (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
3. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
4. (slang, rare) A firearm; especially, a shotgun.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
6. (roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.
7. (figurative) To get rid of someone, like firing an employee or breaking up with a girlfriend, to sweep another out of one's life.
8. (nautical) Alternative form of bream (“to clean a ship's bottom”).

Example Sentences

Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)

At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.

So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom

I just got the drop, there is an opp OFB step with the broom

He got forced to hold that broom, that dickhead reminds me of Cinderella

Pull up to the 🎵 get whacked with the broom TT liz on my line, so you know it got moved Distribute, click, click, shoot That's another face on frontline news

Back that strap then blaze, fry man Tell bro “make sure you twos that yute” Rise that stick when the street needs cleaning The pigs know this ain't no average broom

If F’s in the room step with the broom finna here a boom with a boom!

Word Forms

• brooms
• brooming
• broomed

Synonyms for broom

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When Should You Use Broom?

Use broom when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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