broom

English Thesaurus

1. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement,
definition	:	any of a large class of implements used for cleaning (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	besom,
definition	:	a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	push broom,
definition	:	a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	whisk, whisk broom,
definition	:	a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	broom handle, broomstick,
definition	:	the handle of a broom (noun.artifact)

2. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	heath,
definition	:	a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	calluna, genus calluna,
definition	:	one species (noun.plant)

3. any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	weeping tree broom,
definition	:	small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent two-seeded pods (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cytisus albus, cytisus multiflorus, white broom, white spanish broom,
definition	:	low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	common broom, cytisus scoparius, green broom, scotch broom,
definition	:	deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	broom tree, genista anglica, needle furze, petty whin,
definition	:	prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	genista hispanica, spanish broom, spanish gorse,
definition	:	erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen,
definition	:	small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	spanish broom, spartium junceum, weaver's broom,
definition	:	tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae,
definition	:	alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae (noun.plant)

4. finish with a broom (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	finish,
definition	:	provide with a finish (verb.contact)

5. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	pass over, wipe,
definition	:	rub with a circular motion (verb.contact)

verb group	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)

6. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

7. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweeping,
definition	:	the act of cleaning with a broom (noun.act)

derivation	:	broom,
definition	:	a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	carpet sweeper, sweeper,
definition	:	a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	sweeper,
definition	:	an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) (noun.person)

8. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

9. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweeping,
definition	:	the act of cleaning with a broom (noun.act)

derivation	:	broom,
definition	:	a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	carpet sweeper, sweeper,
definition	:	a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	sweeper,
definition	:	an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) (noun.person)