vacuum cleaner

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noun

an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.

Words nearby vacuum cleaner

vacuum activity, vacuum aspiration, vacuum bottle, vacuum brake, vacuum casting, vacuum cleaner, vacuum coffee maker, vacuum concrete, vacuum distillation, vacuum drying, vacuum energy

Origin of vacuum cleaner

First recorded in 1900–05

Also called vacuum sweeper.

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Examples from the Web for vacuum cleaner

Last week Walt called the Vacuum-Cleaner Guy, and now the Vacuum Cleaner Guy had come through.
‘Granite State,’ the Penultimate Episode of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Is Walter White’s Final Act|Andrew Romano|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I told all I knew, and a good bit more, and I sucked in information like a vacuum-cleaner.
The City in the Clouds|C. Ranger Gull
This morning she came running over crying that her vacuum-cleaner was chasing her all over the house.
The Brain|Alexander Blade
Denry explained the vacuum-cleaner to the housewives, who had got no further than a Ewbank.
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns|Arnold Bennett

The vacuum-cleaner was at that period the last word of civilisation, and the first agency for it was being set up in Bursley.
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns|Arnold Bennett
Of course it takes forty-eight hours to buy a vacuum-cleaner, doesn't it?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 2, 1917|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vacuum cleaner

vacuum cleaner

noun

an electrical household appliance used for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, etc, by suction

Derived forms of vacuum cleaner

vacuum cleaning, noun

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vacuum cleaner

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Origin of vacuum cleaner

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British Dictionary definitions for vacuum cleaner

noun

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