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Broomfield

Broomfield proper noun: a hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448).

broomfield: a hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448)
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Proper noun

Broomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Broomfields)

  1. A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448).
  2. A village and civil parish in City of Chelmsford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7010).
  3. A village near Herne Bay in Herne and Broomfield parish, City of Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1966).
  4. A village in Broomfield and Kingswood parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8352).
  5. A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2231).
  6. A hamlet in Yatton Keynell parish, north-west of Chippenham, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8778).
  7. A settlement near Ellon, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9632).
  8. A consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States.
  9. A town in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
  10. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Broomfield

pluralBroomfields

Origin of Broomfield

From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).

Words formed from Broomfield

Questions about Broomfield

What does Broomfield mean?
Broomfield means a hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448).
What part of speech is Broomfield?
Broomfield is a proper noun.

Words near Broomfield in the dictionary

  1. broomed up
  2. Broomedge
  3. broomer
  4. broomers
  5. Broomes
  6. Broomfield
  7. Broomfield and Kingswood
  8. Broomfields
  9. Broomfleet
  10. Broomhandle Mauser
  11. Broomhandle Mausers

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