Usually means: Device that suctions dirt, dust.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word vacuum cleaner:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. vacuum cleaner: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vacuum cleaner: Merriam-Webster
  3. vacuum cleaner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vacuum cleaner: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vacuum cleaner: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vacuum cleaner: Vocabulary.com
  7. vacuum-cleaner, vacuum cleaner: Wordnik
  8. vacuum cleaner: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vacuum cleaner: Wiktionary
  10. vacuum cleaner: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. vacuum cleaner: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. vacuum cleaner: Dictionary.com
  13. Vacuum Cleaner, Vacuum cleaner: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. vacuum cleaner: Rhymezone
  15. vacuum cleaner: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. Vacuum Cleaner: American-Britih Dictionary
  17. vacuum cleaner: FreeDictionary.org
  18. vacuum cleaner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. vacuum cleaner: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vacuum cleaner: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Vacuum Cleaner (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. vacuum cleaner: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vacuum cleaner)

▸ noun:  A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
▸ noun:  (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.

Similar:
vacuum, vacuum-cleaner, carpet sweeper, shopvac, carpet beater, buffer, air filter, extractor fan, carpet washer, duster, more...

Opposite:
dust blower, dust collector, dust remover, dust sweeper, dust mop

Types:
canister, upright, handheld, stick, robotic, wet/dry, more...

Phrases:
Robotic vacuum cleaner, Central vacuum cleaner, Manual vacuum cleaner, more...

Adjectives:
granulate, sieved, vacuumed, try, cut, fallback, chill, hoovered, unleaded, flux, wet

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Similar:
vacuum, vacuum-cleaner, carpet sweeper, shopvac, carpet beater, buffer, air filter, extractor fan, carpet washer, duster, more...

Opposite:
dust blower, dust collector, dust remover, dust sweeper, dust mop

Types:
canister, upright, handheld, stick, robotic, wet/dry, more...

Phrases:
Robotic vacuum cleaner, Central vacuum cleaner, Manual vacuum cleaner, more...

Adjectives:
granulate, sieved, vacuumed, try, cut, fallback, chill, hoovered, unleaded, flux, wet



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