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vacuum cleaners

vacuum cleaners is the plural of vacuum cleaner.

Meaning of vacuum cleaner

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

Questions about vacuum cleaners

What is vacuum cleaners the plural of?
Vacuum cleaners is the plural of vacuum cleaner.

Words near vacuum cleaners in the dictionary

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

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