vacuum cleaner

noun

an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.

Also called vacuum sweeper.

Origin

1900-05

Examples from the web for vacuum cleaner

Not even replacement soaps, etc or evidence a vacuum cleaner ever touched the carpet.
Vacuums carpet using an upright vacuum cleaner to remove dirt.
In the halls were plugs for the vacuum cleaner, and in the living-room plugs for the piano lamp, for the electric fan.
Once introduced to the vacuum cleaner, its mechanical nature may overexcite him and cause him to proceed with inappropriate haste.
Many of them could resist the suction of even our industrial-strength vacuum cleaner.
In the house the sound might equal the sound of a loud vacuum cleaner.
Secure any basic nozzle attachment onto the hose of an energy-efficient vacuum cleaner.
One of the robot's arms had a claw to pick things up, and the other arm was a working vacuum cleaner.
Of course it's not, because it takes much longer to learn how to use a computer than a vacuum cleaner or a microwave oven.
By the way, the easiest way to clean up the glittering craps is to use a vacuum cleaner.

British Dictionary definitions for vacuum cleaner

noun

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

Derived Forms

vacuum cleaning, noun