BROOMSTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broomstick mean? 

• BROOMSTICK (noun)
  The noun BROOMSTICK has 1 sense:

1. the handle of a broom

  Familiarity information: BROOMSTICK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROOMSTICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The handle of a broom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

broom handle; broomstick

Hypernyms ("broomstick" is a kind of...):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Holonyms ("broomstick" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

Just as eleven of them had done blessing her, a great noise was heard in the courtyard, and word was brought that the thirteenth fairy was come, with a black cap on her head, and black shoes on her feet, and a broomstick in her hand: and presently up she came into the dining-hall.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)