English dictionary

sweeper

/'sw/i//E/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet

noun.artifact

Synonyms carpet sweeper

Source: WordNet 3.0
little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet <i>sweeper</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913