Broom - Definition

broom

n 1: a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or
twigs attached to a long handle
2: any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or
Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow
flowers
3: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn:
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna
vulgaris]
v 1: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs
off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" [syn: sweep,
broom]
2: finish with a broom

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