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Sweeper Common

Sweeper has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

"The morning sweeper was already humming a tune while clearing the crumbs from the lobby floor before anyone arrived for work."

2

a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet

"I asked my neighbor to borrow his sweeper because our new area rug was covered in stubborn pet hair."

3

little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

"The deep-sea expedition finally spotted a rare sweeper darting through the bioluminescent currents near the Maldives."

4

One who sweeps floors or chimneys.

"The new apprentice was hired as a sweeper to clean out the thick soot from the factory's old chimneys."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
employee cleaning implement teleost fish
Rhyming Words
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