sweeper

English Thesaurus

1. little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	teleost, teleost fish, teleostan,
definition	:	a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pempheridae, pempheridae,
definition	:	sweepers (noun.animal)

2. a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement,
definition	:	any of a large class of implements used for cleaning (noun.artifact)

3. an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	employee,
definition	:	a worker who is hired to perform a job (noun.person)

4. a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)

5. an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) (noun.person)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)

6. a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)

7. an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) (noun.person)

derivation	:	broom, sweep,
definition	:	sweep with a broom or as if with a broom (verb.contact)

derivation	:	sweep,
definition	:	clean by sweeping (verb.contact)