broom C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /brum/ UK /bruːm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a long-handled brush for sweeping floors; a yellow-flowered shrub She swept the porch with a worn straw broom. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a long-handled brush for... besombrushsweeperwhisk Word family Derived forms broomybroomstick Common collocations whisk broom Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Old English brōm, the name of the yellow-flowered shrub whose twigs were bundled to make sweeping implements; from Proto-Germanic *brēmaz. brōm Old English *brēmaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # broom **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /brum/ **IPA (UK):** /bruːm/ ## Meanings 1. a long-handled brush for sweeping floors; a yellow-flowered shrub ## Examples - She swept the porch with a worn straw broom. ## Synonyms - besom - brush - sweeper - whisk ## Derived Forms - broomy - broomstick ## Roots and Affixes - Root: brōm - Root: *brēmaz ## Etymology From Old English brōm, the name of the yellow-flowered shrub whose twigs were bundled to make sweeping implements; from Proto-Germanic *brēmaz. ## AI Etymology Broom is a noun and verb meaning "a long-handled brush for sweeping floors; a yellow-flowered shrub". Historically, it is from Old English brōm, the name of the yellow-flowered shrub whose twigs were bundled to make sweeping implements; from Proto-Germanic *brēmaz. The historical chain links Old English brōm with Proto-Germanic *brēmaz. Close English family members include broomy, and broomstick. This keeps the modern noun and verb sense tied to the older forms and language sequence behind it. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown