Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun broom

3 senses of broom

Sense 1
broom -- (a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle)
       => cleaning implement, cleaning device, cleaning equipment -- (any of a large class of implements used for cleaning)

Sense 2
broom -- (any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 3
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris -- (common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere)
       => heath -- (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb broom

2 senses of broom

Sense 1
sweep, broom -- (sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed")
       => wipe, pass over -- (rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth")

Sense 2
broom -- (finish with a broom)
       => finish -- (provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly")