Synonyms for broom
brum, brʊmbroom

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Cleaning Implement
   • Finish
   • Shrub
   • Wipe

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1. broomnoun

   Synonyms:
   besom

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1. broomnoun

   Synonyms:
   besom, whisk (small broom)

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1. List of paraphrases for "broom":

   broomstick, sweeper, mop

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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. Mother Teresa:

   There should be less talk a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.

2. Charles 'Mr. Go Hard' Scott:

   The way I move about a room will make a BROOM gasp and swoon

3. Tom Jennings:

   She was plucked out basically from a life of luxury… having been raised by the Hearst family, to being tied up in a broom closet for days on end, being indoctrinated to this point of view that, everything having to do with how society was held together was wrong, who among us is to say how we would react under those kinds of circumstances?

4. Michele Bachmann:

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

5. Zora Neale Hurston:

   Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.