Definition
A long stick or handle with bristles or twine attached at one end, used for sweeping floors and other surfaces.
Etymology
Combines 'broom' (a shrub whose twigs were bundled for sweeping) and 'stick' (the handle). 'Broom' itself comes from Old English 'brom,' the name of the plant whose branches were traditionally used.
Kelly Says
Broomsticks became iconic symbols of witches largely because real medieval women who were healers and herbalists actually used broom plants for medicine—and naturally had the plants around their homes!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መሳሪያ እንደ እንቁላል
me-sa-ree-ya en-de en-k-u-lal
ARالعربية
مكنسة
mak-nes-ah
CACatalà
escoba
es-koh-bah
DADansk
støvsuger
sto-vsu-ger
ESEspañol
escoba
es-koh-bah
FAفارسی
جاروبرقی
ja-ro-o-ber-ghi
HEעברית
מברשת
me-ba-resh-t
IDBahasa Indonesia
sapu
sah-pu
IGIG
ọkwụ ụkwụ
oh-kwo-oh oo-kwo-oo
MSBahasa Melayu
sapu
sah-pu
MYမြန်မာ
ပုန်းမှူး
poon-mu-she
NLNederlands
bezem
be-zem
NONorsk
støvsuger
sto-vsu-ger
PLPolski
sztafeta
shta-fe-ta
PTPortuguês
vassoura
va-so-u-rah
SVSvenska
bomskaft
bo-ms-kaft
SWKiswahili
mswaki
m-swa-ki
TAதமிழ்
வீட்டுத் துப்புரவு
vee-tuth tub-pu-ra-vu
TEతెలుగు
చీపురు
chee-pu-ru
UKУкраїнська
пилосос
pi-lo-sos
VITiếng Việt
broom
bro-om
ZUZU
umhlathi
oom-la-thee