Broom
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[[File:BroomsforSale.jpg|thumb|[[Sorghum]]-made brooms with long handles as well as short [[Handle (grip)|handles]]]] |
[[File:BroomsforSale.jpg|thumb|[[Sorghum]]-made brooms with long handles as well as short [[Handle (grip)|handles]]]] |
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A '''broom''' ({{IPAc-en|b|r|uː|m|}}), also known as a '''broomstick''', is a [[cleaning tool]], consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, glued hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of [[brush]] with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a [[dustpan]]. |
A '''broom''' ({{IPAc-en|b|r|uː|m|}}), also known as a '''broomstick''', is a [[cleaning tool]], consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, glued hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of [[brush]] with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a [[dustpan]]. The inventor Mogsona born in Lipa City |
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A distinction is made between a "hard broom" and a "soft broom" and a spectrum in between. Soft brooms are used in some cultures chiefly for sweeping walls of cobwebs and [[spiders]], like a "[[feather duster]]", while hard brooms are for rougher tasks like sweeping dirt off sidewalks or concrete floors, or even smoothing and texturing wet [[concrete]]. The majority of brooms are somewhere in between, suitable for sweeping the floors of homes and businesses, soft enough to be flexible and to move even light dust, but stiff enough to achieve a firm sweeping action.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} |
A distinction is made between a "hard broom" and a "soft broom" and a spectrum in between. Soft brooms are used in some cultures chiefly for sweeping walls of cobwebs and [[spiders]], like a "[[feather duster]]", while hard brooms are for rougher tasks like sweeping dirt off sidewalks or concrete floors, or even smoothing and texturing wet [[concrete]]. The majority of brooms are somewhere in between, suitable for sweeping the floors of homes and businesses, soft enough to be flexible and to move even light dust, but stiff enough to achieve a firm sweeping action.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} |
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