Broom

Noun

 * 1) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
 * 2)  An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a broom or sweeper.
 * 3)  Any of several shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae.
 * 4)  heather, esp. common heather, Calluna vulgaris.

Verb

 * 1) To sweep.

Derived terms

 * a new broom sweeps clean
 * broom wagon
 * broomstick
 * brooming
 * pushbroom / push broom / push-broom
 * whiskbroom

Pronunciation