broom
(noun) a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris
(noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
broom
(noun) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
broom
(verb) finish with a broom
sweep, broom
(verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; “Sweep the crumbs off the table”; “Sweep under the bed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
broom (countable and uncountable, plural brooms)
(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
Synonym: besom
(countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
(slang, rare) A gun, because it is more or less long, held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front.
Synonym: Thesaurus:firearm
broom (third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)
(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
(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.
broom (third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)
(nautical) Alternative form of bream (to clean a ship's bottom)
• Rombo, bromo, bromo-, ombro-
Broom
A village in Bedfordshire, England.
A village in Warwickshire, England.
A surname.
• Rombo, bromo, bromo-, ombro-
Source: Wiktionary
Broom, n. Etym: [OE. brom, brome, AS. brom; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. bramo broom, thornbrombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.
2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.
– Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
– Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
Broom, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: See Bream.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
