Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 7 compound words that contain brooms. The most common are listed below. Open brooms in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- Brooms HeadA locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- High BroomsA suburb of Tunbridge Wells in Southborough parish, Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5941)
- new broomsplural of new broom: A new leader or management.
- brooms upthird-person singular simple present indicative of broom up: To sweep up (a mess) thoroughly with a broom.
- common broomsplural of common broom: A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – synonym of Scotch broom; Cytisus scoparius..
- English broomsplural of English broom: Cytisus scoparius.
- green broomsplural of green broom: Cytisus scoparius.
- push broomsplural of push broom: A T-shaped broom that can sweep or scrub large areas.
- Spanish broomsplural of Spanish broom: Spartium junceum, a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mediterranean, with many flexible rush-like twigs.
- trench broomsplural of trench broom: The Thompson submachine gun.
- witches' broomsplural of witches' broom: Alternative form of witch's broom (“type of plant disease”).
- yellow broomsplural of yellow broom: Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially
- thorny broomsplural of thorny broom: A spiny, densely branched shrub of the legume family Calicotome spinosa.
- all mops and broomsintoxicated; drunk
- dyer's broomsplural of dyer's broom: A species of broom, Genista tinctoria, used for dyeing yellow.
- witch's broomsplural of witch's broom: A disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, such that the natural structure of the plant is changed so that a dense mass of shoots grows from a single point.
- new brooms sweep cleanAlternative form of a new broom sweeps clean: New management will often make radical changes.
Compound words 7
- broomsticksplural of broomstick: The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom.
- clubroomsplural of clubroom: A room used for club activities
- broomstickedsimple past and past participle of broomstick
- broomsquireA person who makes or sells besom brooms.
- broomstickingpresent participle and gerund of broomstick
- pushbroomsplural of pushbroom: A T-shaped broom that can sweep or scrub large areas.
- whiskbroomsplural of whiskbroom: A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.