broom handle
Long wooden pole
The long wooden or plastic shaft of a broom, gripped when sweeping.
Broom handles appear in improvised contexts—as makeshift weapons, props, or tools: He grabbed a broom handle to chase off the raccoon.
The phrase evokes something basic and readily available.
- stickThin piece of wood
- hockey stickCurved implement for ice sports
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- woodenMade from timber
- sweepBrush clean with broom
mop · dustpan · dust bunnies · pole · grip · splinter · witch · flying · Harry Potter · makeshift · weapon · self defense · thwack · closet · crack · snap · snap in half · dowel
- handlesdrawer pull, door knob, handlebar, handlebars, hilt
- broom materialsstraw, broomcorn, bamboo, twigs, birch
- flying broomsticksComet, Thunderbolt
- rodsrod, dowel, steel rod, glass rod, curtain rod
- sweeping toolsmop, sweeper, dust mop, carpet sweeper, floor sweeper