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vacuum cleaner

n.
An electrical appliance that cleans surfaces by suction.
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vacuum cleaner

n
an electrical household appliance used for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, etc, by suction
vacuum cleaning n
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vac′uum clean`er


n.
an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction. Also called vac′uum sweep`er.
[1900–05]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vacuum cleaner - an electrical home appliance that cleans by suctionvacuum cleaner - an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
dust bag, vacuum bag - a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner
home appliance, household appliance - an appliance that does a particular job in the home
Hoover - a kind of vacuum cleaner
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Translations
vysavač
støvsuger
polvosuĉilo
pölynimuri
usisivačusisavač
porszívó
ryksuga
掃除機電気掃除機
진공청소기후버 청소기
aspirator
sesalnik za prah
dammsugare
เครื่องดูดฝุ่นยี่ห้อเครื่องดูดฝุ่น
máy hút bụi

vacuum cleaner

naspirapolvere m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vacuum

(ˈvӕkjuəm) noun
1. a space from which (almost) all air or other gas has been removed.
2. short for vacuum cleaner.
verb
to clean (something) using a vacuum cleaner. She vacuumed the carpet.
vacuum cleaner
a machine that cleans carpets etc by sucking dust etc into itself.
ˈvacuum flask noun
a container with double walls that have a vacuum between them to keep the contents from losing or gaining heat. a (vacuum-)flask of hot coffee.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

vacuum cleaner

مِكْنَسَةٌ كَهْرَبَائِيَّة, مِكْنَسَةٌ كَهْرُبَائِيَّة vysavač støvsuger Staubsauger ηλεκτρική σκούπα, σκούπα Hoover® aspiradora pölynimuri aspirateur usisavač, usisivač aspirapolvere 掃除機, 電気掃除機 진공청소기, 후버 청소기 stofzuiger støvsuger odkurzacz aspirador, aspirador de pó пылесос, пылесос Hoover® dammsugare เครื่องดูดฝุ่น, ยี่ห้อเครื่องดูดฝุ่น elektrik süpürgesi máy hút bụi 吸尘器, 真空吸尘器
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In 1901 an inventor named H. Cecil Booth built a formidable, engine powered, vacuum cleaner that was so large it had to be mounted on a cart and pulled through the streets of London to the households that required his cleaning services.