broom

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.