broom

1. 1.

   a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

   Broadercleaning implement

   Narrowerbesompush broomwhisk

   Partsbroomstick
2. 2.

   any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

   Broadershrub

   Narrowerweeping tree broomwhite broomcommon broombroom treeSpanish broomwoodwaxen

   Part ofPapilionoideae
3. 3.

   common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

   SynonymsheatherlingScots heatherCalluna vulgaris

   Broaderheath

   Part ofCalluna

1. 1.

   sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

   “Sweep the crumbs off the table”

   “Sweep under the bed”

   Synonymssweep

   Broaderwipe
2. 2.

   finish with a broom

   Broaderfinish

Other forms of broom

plural

brooms·

past tense

broomed·

present participle

brooming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about broom

What does broom mean?

broom means "a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in broom?

broom has 1 syllable: broom. In IPA it is /ˈbɹum/.

What is another word for broom?

Close synonyms include heather, ling, Scots heather, Calluna vulgaris, sweep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broom a common word?

broom is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.