broom

1. (countable)A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

   Meronyms: broomstick (handle), bavin (head)

   Besen, Baasa, Bäse

   метла́metlá, ве́никvénik, щёткаščótka

   мітла́mitlá, ві́никvínyk

   a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

2. (countable)An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

   Besen

   щёткаščótka

3. (countable, uncountable)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.

   Ginster

   раки́тникrakítnik, мете́льникmetélʹnik, дрокdrok

   any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

4. 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.

   (countable, uncountable)Especially, of the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium.

5. (countable, uncountable)Of plants not closely related to those of tribe Genisteae.

6. (countable, rare, slang, uncountable)A firearm; especially, a shotgun.

1. What is a broom?

   Що таке "мітла"? — deniko

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2. I can't find the broom.

   Я не можу знайти мітлу. — deniko

   ruЯ не могу найти метлу. — odexed

   deIch finde den Besen nicht. — Yorwba

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3. Tom handed Mary a broom.

   Том передав Мері мітлу. — deniko

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4. I need a broom.

   Мені потрібна мітла. — deniko

   ruМне нужен веник. — Selena777

   deIch brauche einen Besen. — Luiaard

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5. I need to borrow this broom.

   ruМне нужно взять на время этот веник. — odexed

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