broom

Definitions

• (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
• (countable) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
• Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and , with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.
• (slang) A gun, because it is more or less long, held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front.