Vacuum

Noun

 * 1) A region of space that contains no matter.
 * 2) A vacuum cleaner.

Synonyms

 * hoover (British)

Antonyms

 * plenum

Derived terms

 * power vacuum
 * vacuum cleaner

Verb

 * 1)  To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
 * 2)  To use a vacuum cleaner.

Synonyms

 * to hoover (British)
 * to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)

Adjectives for Vacuum
luminous; sterile; dreary; absolute.

Verbs for Vacuum
achieve—; create—; employ—; exhaust to—; fill—; induce—; obtain—; reduce to—; require—; seal—; utilize—; valve—; — fails; —retains; —preserves-

Thesaurus
absence, absence of mind, blank, blankness, broom, brush, brush off, clean slate, deprivation, emptiness, empty space, empty-headedness, hollowness, inanity, jejunity, mental void, negation, negativeness, negativity, nihility, nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence, nonoccurrence, nonreality, nonsubsistence, not-being, nothing, nothingness, nullity, sweep, sweep out, sweep up, tabula rasa, unactuality, unreality, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum-clean, vapidity, void, whisk

Alternative forms

 * vacuüm

Etymology
From vacuum (an empty space, void) noun use of neuter of vacuus (empty) related to vacare (be empty).

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"v{kju@m/}} or, {{SAMPA|/"v{kju:m/}}

Noun

 * Arabic: خلاء, فراغ,  فضاء
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: buit
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vakuo
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ואקום ,ריק


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido: vakuo
 * Interlingua: vacuo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 진공 (眞空, jingong)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: vakuum, zrakoprazan prostor
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: శూన్యం (SoonyaM)


 * Arabic: مكنسة كهربائية
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian: прахосмукачка
 * Catalan: aspiradora
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吸塵器, 吸尘器,  真空吸塵器,  真空吸尘器
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: aspirator
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 진공청소기 (眞空淸掃機, jingongcheongsogi)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: aspirador de pó
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: usisač, usisavač
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: dammsugare
 * Volapük: püfisugian


 * : vakuumas

Verb

 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: støvsuge
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: passer l'aspirateur
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian: støvsuge
 * Polish: odkurzać
 * Russian: пылесосить
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: støvsuge
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: passer l'aspirateur
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian: støvsuge
 * Polish: odkurzać
 * Russian: пылесосить
 * Spanish:


 * : passar l'aspiradora
 * : polvosuĉi
 * : mundar con le aspirator
 * : lage vakuum
 * : aspirar
 * : a vácuo
 * : vysávať

Noun

 * 1) vacuum (space containing no matter)

Synonyms

 * vide