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Meaning of Broom | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
bɹuːm

Definitions

  1. A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
    countable
  2. A number of places in England:
  3. A village in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1743).
  4. An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
    countable
  5. A hamlet in Long Marton parish, Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY6623).
  6. A locality in Thorncombe parish, west Dorset, on the boundary with Devon and close to Somerset (OS grid ref ST3202).
  7. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.
    countable, uncountable
  8. A southern suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4491).
  9. Especially, of the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium.
    countable, uncountable
  10. A village in Bidford-on-Avon parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0853).
  11. Of plants not closely related to those of tribe Genisteae.
    countable, uncountable
  12. A suburb of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5556).
  13. A firearm; especially, a shotgun.
    countable, rare, slang, uncountable
  14. A hamlet in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1108).
  15. A surname.

Equivalents

Afrikaans besem
አማርኛ መጥረጊያ
Azərbaycanca süpürgə
Беларуская ве́нік мятла
Български мета метла
বাংলা ঝাড়ু
བོད་སྐད ཕྱགས་མ
Català escombra
Čeština koště metla pometlo smeták
Cymraeg ysgubell
Dansk kost
Deutsch Baasa Base Besen Feger Ginster
Esperanto balailo
Eesti luud pühkima
Euskara erratza
فارسی جارو جاروب
Français balai balayer ramon
Gaeilge scuab
Gàidhlig sguab
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi pūlumi
עברית מטאטא רותם
हिन्दी झाड़ना झाड़ू
Magyar seprű
Հայերեն ավել ցախավել
Bahasa Indonesia sapu
Íslenska kústur sópur vöndur
日本語
ქართული ცოცხი
Қазақша сыпырғыш
ខ្មែរ អំបោស
한국어 빗자루
Kurdî şop sopa
Lëtzebuergesch Biesem
Lingála likombo
Lietuvių šluota
Latviešu slota
Malagasy famafa
Македонски мете метла
Монгол шүүр
Bahasa Melayu penyapu
Malti ġummar
မြန်မာဘာသာ တံမြက်စည်း
नेपाली झाडु
Nederlands bezem bezemen
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଝାଡୁ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਝਾੜੂ ਰੜਕਾ
پښتو رېبز
Português varrer vassoira vassoura
Română mătură
සිංහල කොස්ස
Slovenčina metla
Slovenščina metla
Shqip fshesë
Svenska borsta borste kvast sop sopa sopborste
தமிழ் துடைப்பம்
తెలుగు చీపురు
Tagalog walis walis-tambo
Türkçe süpürge
ئۇيغۇرچە سۈپۈرگە
Українська віник мітла
اردو جھاڑو
Tiếng Việt chổi
IsiXhosa umtshayelo

Examples

“Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)”
“At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.”
“[…] and thy broom groves, Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn […]”
“So keep talking all that fly shit, and I’ma grab the tool And the lead will get stuck in your head like a catchy tune Soon as I look down on a target, bitch, your ass is doomed Trust exercise with Ahdi, arms out to catch a boom You see this sweeper I got, it ain’t your average broom This ring will wet this bitch like a happy groom”
“I just got the drop, there is an opp OFB step with the broom”
“He got forced to hold that broom, that dickhead reminds me of Cinderella”
“Pull up to the 🎵 get whacked with the broom TT liz on my line, so you know it got moved Distribute, click, click, shoot That's another face on frontline news”
“Back that strap then blaze, fry man Tell bro “make sure you twos that yute” Rise that stick when the street needs cleaning The pigs know this ain't no average broom”
“If F’s in the room step with the broom finna here a boom with a boom!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
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