noun
broom
broom
noun
1
A cleaning tool with bristles on a long handle, used for sweeping floors.
"He grabbed a broom to sweep up the broken glass."
2
A shrub with small leaves and yellow flowers, from the pea family.
"Yellow broom grew wild along the hillside."
verb
1
To sweep with a broom.
"She broomed the leaves off the porch."
How to Use Broom
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe sweeping tool with bristles, or a small yellow-flowered shrub the tool was traditionally made from.
Common pairings
sweep with a broom
broom and dustpan
yellow broom
Word Forms
broomed past tense, brooms plural, brooms singular
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Etymology
From Old English brōm ("brushwood"); the shrub was originally what broom-brushes were made from, and the cleaning tool eventually took the plant's name.