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BESOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does besom mean?
• BESOM (noun)
The noun BESOM has 1 sense:
1. a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
Familiarity information: BESOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("besom" is a kind of...):
broom (a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle)
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"Next to fire, straw isn't good." (Corsican proverb)