vacuum cleaner
noun
: a household appliance for cleaning floors, carpets, upholstery, etc. by suction
called also vacuum sweeper
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What if your next big-ticket purchase on Amazon wasn’t a smart TV or a Dyson vacuum cleaner — but a house?
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Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
If vacuuming, set the vacuum cleaner to the hard floor setting.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
One of the attachments is a deep cleaning fur brush, which can be used to remove pet hair from upholstery, cars, stairs, and other areas (wall mounted storage is your only option for this vacuum cleaner).
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Labor Day weekend is an excellent time to score savings on big-ticket household appliances, like vacuum cleaners.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
If vacuuming, set the vacuum cleaner to the hard floor setting.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
One of the attachments is a deep cleaning fur brush, which can be used to remove pet hair from upholstery, cars, stairs, and other areas (wall mounted storage is your only option for this vacuum cleaner).
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Labor Day weekend is an excellent time to score savings on big-ticket household appliances, like vacuum cleaners.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vacuum cleaner
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“Vacuum cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20cleaner. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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