VACUUM CLEANER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuum cleaner mean? 

• VACUUM CLEANER (noun)
  The noun VACUUM CLEANER has 1 sense:

1. an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

  Familiarity information: VACUUM CLEANER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VACUUM CLEANER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

vacuum; vacuum cleaner

Hypernyms ("vacuum cleaner" is a kind of...):

home appliance; household appliance (an appliance that does a particular job in the home)

Meronyms (parts of "vacuum cleaner"):

dust bag; vacuum bag (a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vacuum cleaner"):

Hoover (a kind of vacuum cleaner)

 Context examples 

A question about moderate activities such as moving a table, pushing a vacuum cleaner, bowling, or playing golf.

(Moderate Activities Such As Moving a Table, Pushing a Vacuum Cleaner, Bowling, or Playing Golf, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes refraining from buying a car, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, headphones, smart phone, new TV, or expensive air buds.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Avoid buying or leasing a car, computer, kitchen appliance, vacuum cleaner, TV set, new headphones, or any other such item that you might need or want to send as a gift to another person.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)