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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024broom /brum, brʊm/USA pronunciation n. - a tool for sweeping, made up of a brush on a long handle:[countable]He took the broom and began sweeping the broken glass out of the way.
- Plant Biology[uncountable] a shrub or small tree with yellow flowers on long branches.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024broom (bro̅o̅m, brŏŏm),USA pronunciation n. - an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- Plant Biologyany shrubby plant belonging to the genus Genista or the genus Cytisus, of the legume family, esp. C. scoparius, common in Western Europe on uncultivated ground and having long, slender branches bearing yellow flowers.
- Buildingthe crushed and spread part at the head of a wooden pile after driving.
v.t. - to sweep:Broom the porch.
- to splinter or fray mechanically.
- Buildingto crush and spread the top of (a piling, tent peg, etc.) by pounding or driving with a hammer or the like.
- Buildingto brush (freshly poured concrete) with a broom to give a nonskid surface, as to walks or driveways.
v.i. - Building(of a piling, tent peg, etc.) to be crushed and spread at the top from being driven.
- cognate with Dutch braam bramble, German Bram broom bef. 1000; Middle English brome, Old English brōm
Broom and room occur with the vowel (o̅o̅)USA pronunciation of fool or (ŏŏ)USA pronunciation of book. The first is the more common. The pronunciation with the (ŏŏ)USA pronunciation of book is found in New England, eastern Virginia, and South Carolina and Georgia alongside the (o̅o̅)USA pronunciation pronunciation. Farther west the (o̅o̅)USA pronunciation pronunciation is more common, though the pronunciation with the vowel of book occurs everywhere with no marked regional or social pattern. Both pronunciations occur in British standard and folk speech. The pronunciation with (ŏŏ)USA pronunciation predominates in the eastern counties, (o̅o̅)USA pronunciation everywhere else. London lies on the boundary between the two types, and it is thus not surprising that (ŏŏ)USA pronunciation is found in the United States in the coastal areas that had long and close contact with England. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: broom /bruːm; brʊm/ n - an implement for sweeping consisting of a long handle to which is attached either a brush of straw, bristles, or twigs, bound together, or a solid head into which are set tufts of bristles or fibres
- any of various yellow-flowered Eurasian leguminous shrubs of the genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, esp C. scoparius
- new broom ⇒ a newly appointed official, etc, eager to make changes
vb - (transitive) to sweep with a broom
Etymology: Old English brōm; related to Old High German brāmo, Middle Dutch bremme |