English-Thai Dictionary

broom

N ข้าวฟ่าง  khaol-fang

 

broom

N ไม้กวาด  besom mai-kwad

 

broom

VT กวาด  kwad

 

broomstick

N ไม้กวาด ด้าม ยาว  mai-kwad-dam-yaol

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BROOM

n. 1. A plant of several species, called dyer's weed, being used by dyers to give a yellow color, dyer's broom, green wood, or wood waxen, dwarf broom, all belonging to the genus Genista. Broom rape is Orobanche, and with large purple flowers, Lathroea.
Spanish Broom is a species of Spartium, and Butcher's broom is the Ruscus.
2. A besom, or brush with a long handle for sweeping floors; so called from being originally made of the broom-plant. In America, brooms are made of the tops of broom-corn, or of some species of wood splintered, chiefly ash. The latter species of broom is furnished by the natives of the country. The original broom, made of shrubs or twigs, is still used in stables.

 

BROOM

[See Bream. ]

 

BROOM-CORN

n.[broom and corn. ] A species of Holcus or Guinea-corn, with a jointed stem, like a reed, or the stem of maize, rising to the highth of eight or ten feet, bearing a head of which brooms are made. Sometimes called Sorghum Saccharatum.

 

BROOMING

a ship. [See Bream. ]

 

BROOMLAND

n.[broom and land. ] Land producing broom.

 

BROOMRAPE

n.[See Broom. ]

 

BROOMSTAFF, BROOMSTICK

n.[See Staff and Stick. ] The staff or handle of a broom.

 

BROOMY

a.Full of broom; containing broom.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BROOM

Broom, n. Etym: [OE. brom, brome, AS. brom; akin to LG. bram, D.brem, OHG. bramo broom, thornbrombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers.No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.

 

2. 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus ) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll. -- Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola ), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. -- Spanish broom. See under Spanish.

 

BROOM

BROOM Broom, v. t. (Naut. )

 

Defn: See Bream.

 

BROOM CORN

BROOM CORN Broom " corn `. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made.

 

BROOM RAPE

BROOM RAPE Broom " rape `. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus (Orobanche ) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum.

 

BROOMSTAFF

BROOMSTAFF Broom "staff `, n.

 

Defn: A broomstick. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

BROOMSTICK

BROOMSTICK Broom "stick `, n.

 

Defn: A stick used as a handle of a broom.

 

BROOMY

BROOMY Broom "y, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom. If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

broom

broom |bro͞om, bro͝om brum | ▶noun 1 a long-handled brush of bristles or twigs used for sweeping. • an implement for sweeping the ice in the game of curling. [formerly made of twigs of broom. ] 2 a flowering shrub with long, thin green stems and small or few leaves, that is cultivated for its profusion of flowers. [Genera Cytisus and Genista, family Leguminosae: many species and cultivated hybrids. See also Spanish broom . ] PHRASES a new broom sweeps clean proverb people newly appointed to positions of responsibility tend to be eager to make big or far-reaching changes. ORIGIN Old English brōm ( sense 2 ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch braam, also to bramble .

 

broomball

broom |ball ▶noun [ mass noun ] a game similar to ice hockey in which players run rather than skate and use rubber brooms or broom handles to push a ball into the goal.

 

broomcorn

broom corn |ˈbro͞omˌkôrn, ˈbro͝om -ˈbrumkɔrn | ▶noun a variety of sorghum whose dried inflorescences are used to make brooms.

 

broomie

broomie ▶noun ( pl. broomies ) Austral. /NZ informal a person who sweeps the floor in a shearing shed.

 

broomrape

broom rape |ˈbro͞omˌrāp, ˈbro͝om -ˈbrumreɪp | ▶noun a parasitic plant that bears tubular flowers on a leafless brown stem. It is attached by its tubers to the roots of a host plant, which may be any of a number of species. [Genus Orobanche, family Orobanchaceae. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from broom + Latin rapum ‘tuber. ’

 

broomstick

broom stick |ˈbro͞omˌstik, ˈbro͝om -ˈbrumˌstɪk | ▶noun the long handle of a broom. • a broom (esp. one made of twigs ) on which, in children's literature, witches are said to fly.

 

Oxford Dictionary

broom

broom |bruːm | ▶noun 1 a long-handled brush of bristles or twigs, used for sweeping. • an implement for sweeping the ice in the game of curling. 2 a flowering shrub with long, thin green stems and small or few leaves, cultivated for its profusion of flowers. ●Cytisus, Genista, and related genera, family Leguminosae: many species and cultivars. PHRASES a new broom sweeps clean proverb people newly appointed to positions of responsibility tend to make far-reaching changes. ORIGIN Old English brōm (in sense 2 ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch braam, also to bramble .

 

broomball

broom |ball ▶noun [ mass noun ] a game similar to ice hockey in which players run rather than skate and use rubber brooms or broom handles to push a ball into the goal.

 

broomcorn

broom corn |ˈbro͞omˌkôrn, ˈbro͝om -ˈbrumkɔrn | ▶noun a variety of sorghum whose dried inflorescences are used to make brooms.

 

broomie

broomie ▶noun ( pl. broomies ) Austral. /NZ informal a person who sweeps the floor in a shearing shed.

 

broomrape

broom |rape |ˈbruːmreɪp | ▶noun a parasitic plant which bears tubular flowers on a leafless brown stem. It is attached by its tubers to the roots of the host plant. ●Genus Orobanche, family Orobanchaceae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from broom + Latin rapum ‘tuber ’.

 

broomstick

broom |stick |ˈbruːmstɪk | ▶noun a brush with twigs at one end and a long handle, on which, in children's literature, witches are said to fly.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

broom

broom noun mops and brooms: besom, push broom, corn broom, whisk broom.

 

Duden Dictionary

Broom

Broom Substantiv, maskulin , der |bruːm |der Broom; Genitiv: des Brooms, Plural: die Brooms phonetische Umsetzung von englisch brougham, dem der Name des Staatsmannes Lord Brougham zugrunde liegt eine früher gebräuchliche vierrädrige Kutsche

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

broom

broom 1 /bruːm, brʊm /〖原義は 2 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C ほうき ; (床みがき用の )長柄ブラシ, デッキブラシ ▸ Go get the broom and the dustpan .ほうきとちりとりを取って来てよ ▸ A new broom sweeps clean .｟ことわざ ｠新しいほうきはきれいに掃ける (!新任の責任者は改革に意欲的であることをいう ) 2 U 〘植 〙エニシダ 〘マメ科の落葉低木; ほうきの材料 〙.動詞 他動詞 …をほうきで掃く .～́ cl ò set ｟米 ｠ [c ù pboard ｟英 ｠]掃除用具入れ .～́ h à ndle ｟主に米 ｠ほうきの柄 (broomstick ).

 

broom

broom 2 〖擬音語 〗名詞 (車などの )ブルンブルンという音 (!通例broom (-)broomの形で ) .

 

broomstick

br ó om st ì ck 名詞 C ほうきの柄 (!魔法使いの乗り物としてもしばしば言及される ) .