VACUUM (vacua)
Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuum mean?
• VACUUM (noun)
The noun VACUUM has 4 senses:
1. the absence of matter
2. an empty area or space
3. a region that is devoid of matter
4. an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
Familiarity information: VACUUM used as a noun is uncommon.
• VACUUM (verb)
The verb VACUUM has 1 sense:
1. clean with a vacuum cleaner
Familiarity information: VACUUM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VACUUM (noun)
Meaning:
The absence of matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
vacuity; vacuum
Hypernyms ("vacuum" is a kind of...):
emptiness (the state of containing nothing)
Meaning:
An empty area or space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
void; vacuum; vacancy; emptiness
Context examples:
the huge desert voids / the emptiness of outer space / without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
Hypernyms ("vacuum" is a kind of...):
space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))
Meaning:
A region that is devoid of matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
vacuity; vacuum
Hypernyms ("vacuum" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Meaning:
An electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
vacuum cleaner; vacuum
Hypernyms ("vacuum" is a kind of...):
home appliance; household appliance (an appliance that does a particular job in the home)
Meronyms (parts of "vacuum"):
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"):
Hoover (a kind of vacuum cleaner)
• VACUUM (verb)
Meaning:
Clean with a vacuum cleaner
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hoover; vacuum; vacuum-clean
Context example:
vacuum the carpets
Hypernyms (to "vacuum" is one way to...):
clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)
Sentence frames:
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