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broom

[ UK /bɹˈuːm/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹum/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
  2. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
  3. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
VERB
  1. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
    Sweep under the bed
    Sweep the crumbs off the table
  2. finish with a broom

How To Use broom In A Sentence

  • An hour later, a broomstick settled gently on the lawn.
  • “Hi,” she called cheerily and grabbed the broom and began to sweep. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom
  • The sumpitan is a piece of hard wood, from six to eight feet in length and in circumference slightly larger than the handle of a broom. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China
  • Two shrubs here are desert broom and burro bush, while wildflowers include desert honeysuckle, with long, tubular, brick-red flowers, and woolly feverfew, with white or greenish flowers.
  • - made into buntal fibers, hats, ropes, baskets, wallets and bags; pounded and made into brooms. Chapter 15
  • When I arrived, I was standing outside a normal brick house, there were no witches passing by or broomsticks parked in the garden, so I felt brave enough to knock on the door, the door was answered by a lady not much older than me, I was in shock!
  • There I saw the first olive tree ever planted in Australia; the Cork-tree in luxuriance; the Caper growing among rocks, the English Oak, the horse chestnut, broom, magnificent mulberry trees of thirty-five years growth, umbrageous and green, great variety of roses in hedges, also climbing roses.
  • The broom handles were also scrubbed and stood out in the yard to dry. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
  • The homes will also be sympathetic to existing designs in Broome Manor Lane in that they will be two storey.
  • He took a large-handled broom used by the porter.
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