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vacuum cleaner

vacuum cleaner noun: a device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.

vacuum cleaner: a device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from...
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Noun

vacuum cleaner (plural vacuum cleaners)

  1. A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
    Synonyms:
    hoover, vacuum, sweeper
  2. (euphemistic, slang) The buttocks.
    • And if that's not a good enough explanation, you can shove it up your vacuum cleaner and turn it on high!2000, Irving Berlin, White Christmas

vacuum cleaner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

vacuum cleaner in Hindi

machine for cleaning
वैक्युम क्लीनर vaikyum klīnar, निर्वात मार्जक nirvāt mārjak, हूवर hūvar

vacuum cleaner in Tamil

machine for cleaning
தூசி உறிஞ்சி tūci uṟiñci, துாசகற்றும்கருவிது

vacuum cleaner in Urdu

machine for cleaning
وَیکْیُوم کِلِینَر vaikyūm kilīnar, بَرْقی جارُوب کَش barqī jārūb kaś

vacuum cleaner in Bengali

machine for cleaning
ভ্যাকুয়াম ক্লিনার bhêkuẏam klinar
More languagesFewer languages
vacuum cleaner in Kannada
ನಿರ್ವಾತ ಮಾರ್ಜಕ, ಧೂಳು ಚೋಷಕ
vacuum cleaner in Gujarati
ખેંચણિયું kheñcṇiyũ
vacuum cleaner in Pashto
برقي جارو barqi jāru
vacuum cleaner in Tagalog
panlinis na humihigop ng dumi
vacuum cleaner in Arabic
مِكْنَسَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة miknasa kahrabāʔiyya
vacuum cleaner in Malay
pembersih hampagas
vacuum cleaner in Indonesian
penghisap debu, penyedot debu
vacuum cleaner in Thai
เครื่องดูดฝุ่น krʉ̂ʉang-dùut-fùn
vacuum cleaner in Vietnamese
máy hút bụi
vacuum cleaner in Myanmar
ဖုန်စုပ်စက် hpuncupcak

Synonyms of vacuum cleaner

Forms of vacuum cleaner

pluralvacuum cleaners
alternative formvacuum-cleaner

Origin of vacuum cleaner

From vacuum + cleaner. By synchronic analysis, vacuum-clean (a back-formation) + -er.

Words formed from vacuum cleaner

Questions about vacuum cleaner

What does vacuum cleaner mean?
Vacuum cleaner means a device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
What is vacuum cleaner in Hindi?
Vacuum cleaner in Hindi is वैक्युम क्लीनर (vaikyum klīnar), निर्वात मार्जक (nirvāt mārjak), हूवर (hūvar). See Vacuum cleaner meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vacuum cleaner?
Vacuum cleaner is a noun.
What is the plural of vacuum cleaner?
The plural of vacuum cleaner is vacuum cleaners.

Words near vacuum cleaner in the dictionary

  1. vacuum brakes
  2. vacuum bubble
  3. vacuum bubbles
  4. vacuum catastrophe
  5. vacuum chamber
  6. vacuum cleaner
  7. vacuum cleaners
  8. vacuum decay
  9. vacuum desiccator
  10. vacuum desiccators
  11. vacuum distillation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vacuum cleaner (page history and authors); vacuum cleaner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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