» vacuum

Words people most associate with “vacuum”:

  1. cleaner,
  2. suck,
  3. space,
  4. clean,
  5. hoover

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Noun (4 meanings)

1. the absence of matter.

vacuum, vacuity

vacuum is a type of:
  • emptiness (noun) - the state of containing nothing

2. an empty area or space.

void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

Examples:
  • “the huge desert voids”,
  • “the emptiness of outer space”,
  • “without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum”
vacuum is a type of:
  • space (noun) - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
vacuum is derivationally related to:
  • vacant (adjective) - without an occupant or incumbent
  • to void (verb) - clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
  • void (adjective) - containing nothing

3. a region that is devoid of matter.

vacuum, vacuity

vacuum is a type of:
  • region, part (noun) - the extended spatial location of something

4. an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction.

vacuum, vacuum cleaner

vacuum is a type of:
types of vacuum:
  • Hoover (noun) - a kind of vacuum cleaner
parts of vacuum:
vacuum is derivationally related to:

Verb (1 meaning)

1. clean with a vacuum cleaner.

to vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover

Example:
  • “vacuum the carpets”
to vacuum is a way to:
  • to clean, make clean (verb) - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
to vacuum is derivationally related to: