Broom vs. Sweeper

Broomnoun

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

Broomnoun

An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

Broomnoun

Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.

Broomverb

To sweep with a broom.

Broomverb

(roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.

Broomnoun

A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.

Broomnoun

An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; - so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.

Broomverb

See Bream.

Broomnoun

a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

Broomnoun

any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

Broomnoun

common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

Broomverb

sweep with a broom or as if with a broom;

Broomverb

finish with a broom

Broom

A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of brush with a long handle.

Sweepernoun

One who sweeps floors or chimneys.

Sweepernoun

A detector (for mines).

Sweepernoun

Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.

Sweepernoun

(football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.

Sweepernoun

(curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.

Sweepernoun

(cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.

Sweepernoun

(cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.

Sweepernoun

A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.

Sweepernoun

A carpet sweeper.

Sweepernoun

A vacuum cleaner.

Sweepernoun

A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.

Sweepernoun

One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.

Sweepernoun

an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

Sweepernoun

a cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet

Sweepernoun

little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

Sweeper

Sweepers are small, tropical marine (occasionally brackish) perciform fish of the family Pempheridae. Found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific region, the family contains about 26 species in two genera.