VACUUM CLEANER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

Synonyms:

vacuum; vacuum cleaner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vacuum cleaner" is a kind of...):

home appliance; household appliance (an appliance that does a particular job in the home)

Meronyms (parts of "vacuum cleaner"):

dust bag; vacuum bag (a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vacuum cleaner"):

Hoover (a kind of vacuum cleaner)