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Synonyms for broom
brum, brʊmbroom

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. broomnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    heather, ling

  2. broomnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    heather, ling

  3. heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgarisverb

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

    Synonyms:
    ling, heather mixture, burbot, heather, eelpout, ling ko, cusk

  4. sweep, broomverb

    sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

    "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"

    Synonyms:
    span, traverse, cross, drag, sweep, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, drag in

  5. broomverb

    finish with a broom

    Synonyms:
    sweep

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. broomnoun

    Synonyms:
    besom

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. broomnoun

    Synonyms:
    besom, whisk (small broom)

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "broom":

    broomstick, sweeper, mop

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD3.0 / 2 votes

  1. broom

    Synonyms:
    Sarothamnus scoparius, Cytisus scoparius, broomtops, genista, Irish broom, Scotch broom

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How to use broom in a sentence?

  1. Zhao Yayun:

    People always believe new officials are like a new broom, to restore confidence, he (Liu) needs to roll out some exciting reform measures.

  2. Mr Pearse:

    I just had a broom in the back of the ute and … basically just got him off the car nice and safely, and just ushered him into the bushland off on the side of the road.

  3. Michele Bachmann:

    They said well, there's a broom closet over here off of Statuary Hall.

  4. Tim Murtaugh:

    Democrats are trying to keep President Trump from speaking to voters because they know the enthusiasm behind President Trump reelection campaign can not be matched by Joe Biden -- a historically weak candidate controlled by the radical left who could hold a campaign event in a broom closet.

  5. Dan Donohoe:

    Although the incident does not appear to have been sexually motivated, the charges reflect that the attack involved an attempted or threatened penetration with a broom handle while one student was restrained by several others.


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