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vacuum cleaner

An electrical appliance that cleans surfaces by suction.

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vacuum cleaner

an electrical household appliance used for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, etc, by suction

vacuum cleaning n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

vac′uum clean`er

an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction. Also called vac′uum sweep`er.

[1900–05]

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Noun

vacuum cleaner - an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

vacuum

dust bag, vacuum bag - a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner

home appliance, household appliance - an appliance that does a particular job in the home

Hoover - a kind of vacuum cleaner

Translations

مِكْنَسَةٌ كَهْرَبَائِيَّة مِكْنَسَةٌ كَهْرُبَائِيَّةمِكْنِسَه كَهرُبائيَّه

vysavač

støvsuger

Staubsauger

ηλεκτρική σκούπα σκούπα Hoover®

polvosuĉilo

aspiradora

pölynimuri

aspirateur

usisivačusisavač

porszívó

ryksuga

aspirapolvere

掃除機電気掃除機

진공청소기후버 청소기

stofzuiger

støvsuger

odkurzacz

aspirador aspirador de pó

aspirator

пылесос пылесос Hoover®

sesalnik za prah

dammsugare

เครื่องดูดฝุ่นยี่ห้อเครื่องดูดฝุ่น

elektrik süpürgesi

máy hút bụi

真空吸尘器吸尘器

vacuum cleaner

n → aspirapolvere m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vacuum

(ˈvӕkjuəm) noun

1. a space from which (almost) all air or other gas has been removed.

2. short for vacuum cleaner.

verb

to clean (something) using a vacuum cleaner. She vacuumed the carpet.

vacuum cleaner

a machine that cleans carpets etc by sucking dust etc into itself.

ˈvacuum flask noun

a container with double walls that have a vacuum between them to keep the contents from losing or gaining heat. a (vacuum-)flask of hot coffee.

vacuum cleaner

→ مِكْنَسَةٌ كَهْرَبَائِيَّة, مِكْنَسَةٌ كَهْرُبَائِيَّة vysavač støvsuger Staubsauger ηλεκτρική σκούπα, σκούπα Hoover® aspiradora pölynimuri aspirateur usisavač, usisivač aspirapolvere 掃除機, 電気掃除機 진공청소기, 후버 청소기 stofzuiger støvsuger odkurzacz aspirador, aspirador de pó пылесос, пылесос Hoover® dammsugare เครื่องดูดฝุ่น, ยี่ห้อเครื่องดูดฝุ่น elektrik süpürgesi máy hút bụi 吸尘器, 真空吸尘器

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