A mop is used for cleaning floors. It’s similar to a broom except that it’s usually made of some type of cloth. This word can be used as a verb or as a noun.
A mop is often used when cleaning a floor with soapy water.
If there’s a liquid mess on the floor, I use a bucket and a mop to clean it up.
You have to wring out a mop when cleaning any liquid or water up off of the floor.
To wring a mop is to squeeze the water out of it.
A dust mop doesn’t require water. It’s used for picking up dust and hair off of the floor.
I have to mop the floor.
Hard floors needs to be mopped in order to get up all of the dirt that a broom doesn’t get.
