vacuum cleaner

noun
an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
Also called vacuum sweeper.


Origin:
1900–05

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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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Example sentences
Vacuums carpet using an upright vacuum cleaner to remove dirt.
Not even replacement soaps, etc or evidence a vacuum cleaner ever touched the
  carpet.
And not because she was so easily reduced to tears by an on-the-fritz vacuum
  cleaner.
By the way, the easiest way to clean up the glittering craps is to use a vacuum
  cleaner.
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