broom
/bɹum/ noun A2- A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. · Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)
- 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, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
- Especially, of the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium.
- Of plants not closely related to those of tribe Genisteae.
Plural brooms
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