vacuum cleaner

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Noun

vacuum cleaner (plural vacuum cleaners)

1. A domestic or industrial mobile machine for cleaning floors and similar surfaces that draws dust and other particles into a container (a cyclonic type bin, or a filter bag) by the suction created by an electric motor driving a fan.

   Synonyms: hoover, vacuum

Related terms

• vacuum-clean

Translations

• French: aspirateur, balayeuse (Quebec)
• German: Staubsauger
• Italian: aspirapolvere
• Portuguese: aspirador, aspirador de pó
• Russian: пылесо́с
• Spanish: aspiradora, aspirador

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