Usually means: Broom made from twigs, branches.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. besom: Merriam-Webster
  2. besom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. besom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. besom: Collins English Dictionary
  5. besom: Vocabulary.com
  6. besom: Wordnik
  7. besom: Wiktionary
  8. besom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. besom: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. besom: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Besom, besom: Dictionary.com
  12. besom: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Besom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Besom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. besom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. besom: Rhymezone
  17. Besom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. besom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Besom: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. besom: FreeDictionary.org
  21. besom: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. besom: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. besom: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. besom: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BESOM: Acronym Finder
  2. besom: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Besom: Easton Bible
  2. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  4. Besom: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  5. BESOM: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Besom: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (besom)

▸ noun:  A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
▸ noun:  (Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.
▸ noun:  Any cleansing or purifying agent.
▸ verb:  (archaic, poetic) To sweep.

Similar:
broom, broomstaff, pushbroom, bavin, push broom, scope, carpetsweeper, sweepage, sweep, bog brush, more...

Opposite:
dirt, mess, disorder, chaos, clutter

Types:
broom, brush, more...

Phrases:
besom pocket, besom pockets, witches besom, more...

Adjectives:
old, mighty, little, great, big, new, young, ruthless, faced, scrawny, fiery


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Similar:
broom, broomstaff, pushbroom, bavin, push broom, scope, carpetsweeper, sweepage, sweep, bog brush, more...

Opposite:
dirt, mess, disorder, chaos, clutter

Types:
broom, brush, more...

Phrases:
besom pocket, besom pockets, witches besom, more...

Adjectives:
old, mighty, little, great, big, new, young, ruthless, faced, scrawny, fiery



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