broom
broom Lexical Profile
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• noun
A long-handled cleaning tool with a bundle of stiff bristles, twigs, or synthetic fibers attached to one end, used for sweeping floors and other surfaces.
"She grabbed a broom from the utility closet to sweep up the broken glass."
Any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the legume family Fabaceae (especially genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium), native to Europe and the Mediterranean and cultivated for their profuse, fragrant, pea-like yellow, white, or purple blossoms.
"In late spring, the hillsides are covered with the bright yellow blossoms of wild broom."
A specialized long-handled brush or pad used in the sport of curling to sweep the ice surface in the path of a moving stone.
"The curlers furiously scrubbed the ice with their brooms to guide the stone toward the target."
• verb
To sweep, clean, or finish a surface using a broom.
"The workers broomed the freshly poured concrete to give the sidewalk a slip-resistant texture."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'brōm', denoting the thorny leguminous shrub (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brēmaz, 'bramble' or 'thorny bush'), later transferred to the sweeping tool traditionally crafted from bundles of its twigs.
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