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Plural of broom

regular plural

The plural of broom is brooms.

Forms of broom

Singularbroom /bɹuːm/
Pluralbrooms
Countablecountable and uncountable

Brooms in a sentence

  • His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms.2026 June 24, Vitali Vitaliev, “Life on the borderline”, in RAIL, number 1064, page 68
  • Three babushki with huge brooms approach distressed with my tears, “Stop crying.2003, Ulbandus Review, page 181. From the entry babushki
  • There, the May Queen is accompanied by moggies (raggedly dressed women) carrying besoms - birch-twig brooms.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 263. From the entry besom
  • The five brooms have independent adjustments to conform, to curvatives in the road.1925, Municipal Journal and Public Works - Volume 56, page 511. From the entry curvative
  • These brooms have in common a very nonplussing trait: they may die in winter, for no discernible reason.1993, Lacy Allen, Gardening With Groundcovers and Vines, HarperCollins, page 135. From the entry nonplussing

Meaning of broom

  1. noun A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
  2. noun An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
  3. noun Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.

Full definition of broom

Questions about the plural of broom

What is the plural of broom?
The plural of broom is brooms.
Is broom countable?
Broom is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broom (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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