broom broom /ˈbruːm/

noun

1. () A cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle  ( broom )
   a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
    I sweep the utility room with a broom every day
   I sweep the utility room with a broom every day
   
   
2. Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere  ( broom , Calluna vulgaris , heather , ling , Scots heather )
   common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere
    The purple heather covered the hillsides, providing a soft and fragrant blanket for the landscape
   The purple heather covered the hillsides, providing a soft and fragrant blanket for the landscape
   
3. Any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers  ( broom )
   any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
   
   

verb

1. Finish with a broom  ( broom )
   finish with a broom
   
2. Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom  ( broom , sweep )
   sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
    Sweep the crumbs off the table
   Sweep the crumbs off the table
    Sweep under the bed
   Sweep under the bed