vacuums

Cleans carpets electrically

Vacuums is the plural of vacuum—a space empty of matter, or more loosely, any space from which air has been removed.

The word extends to emptiness generally: a power vacuum, a vacuum in leadership.

A vacuum is also a vacuum cleaner, and to vacuum is to clean with one: I need to vacuum the living room.

She bought two new vacuums for the office.

cleaning

suction

Pulling via pressure difference

  • dustFine settled particles
  • debrisScattered broken fragments
  • dirtLoose dry earth

carpets · floors · rugs · upholstery · crevices · pet hair · allergens · crumbs · lint · cobwebs

appliance

Hoover

American surname of note

upright · cordless · handheld · bagless · HEPA filter · suction · attachments · carpet cleaner · dust bag · nozzle

physics

suction

Pulling via pressure difference

airtight · torr · barometer · rarefaction · low pressure · pneumatic · thermos · decompression · outer space

cosmic

space

Unoccupied area or interval

black hole · dark matter · expanse · cosmos · nothingness · infinite · cold · silent · starless · deep space

absence

void

Without legal effect

vacancy · deficiency · dearth · shortage · scarcity · hollow · blank · nothing · deprivation · insufficiency

Categories
Opposites
presence vs. absence of matter

vacuumsplenums

Filled enclosed spaces

solids · fullness · saturation · density · matter

CLEANING ACTION (as verb)

vacuumsblows

Strikes or expels air

expels · scatters · disperses · sweeps · brooms

pressure state

vacuumspressurizations

Acts of increasing contained force

compressions · positive pressure · atmospheres · fills

Phrases
Family

vacuum, vacuuming, vacuumed, vacuum cleaner

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G