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SUCTION CUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suction cup mean?
• SUCTION CUP (noun)
The noun SUCTION CUP has 1 sense:
1. a cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuum; used to adhere or draw something to a surface
Familiarity information: SUCTION CUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuum; used to adhere or draw something to a surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("suction cup" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
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