SWEEPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does sweeper mean?
• SWEEPER (noun)
The noun SWEEPER has 3 senses:
1. an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
2. a cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet
3. little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
Familiarity information: SWEEPER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SWEEPER (noun)
Meaning:
An employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sweeper" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Meaning:
A cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
carpet sweeper; sweeper
Hypernyms ("sweeper" is a kind of...):
cleaning implement (any of a large class of implements used for cleaning)
Meaning:
Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sweeper" is a kind of...):
teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)
Holonyms ("sweeper" is a member of...):
family Pempheridae; Pempheridae (sweepers)
