vacuum cleaner

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

Origin of vacuum cleaner

1
First recorded in 1900–05
  • Also called vacuum sweeper.

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How to use vacuum cleaner in a sentence

  • Fabric-covered walls should be cleaned once or twice a year with a vacuum cleaner.

  • One beauty of the electric stove is that it produces no ashes; one advantage of the vacuum cleaner is that it does away with dust.

    The American Country Girl | Martha Foote Crow
  • Don't forget the sewing machine, the refrigerator, the freezer, the vacuum cleaner and other small but important motors.

  • If the motor has openings in the end, use a vacuum cleaner to suck out dust, dirt or chaff.

  • This morning she came running over crying that her vacuum-cleaner was chasing her all over the house.

    The Brain | Alexander Blade

British Dictionary definitions for vacuum cleaner

vacuum cleaner

noun
  1. 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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