vacuum | English to English Dictionary

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vacuum

('v/&/k/j//u//@/m )

the absence of matter(noun.state)

Synonym:
vacuity

source: wordnet30
an empty area or space(noun.shape)

Example:
Without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum.

Synonym:
emptiness, vacancy, void

source: wordnet30
a region that is devoid of matter(noun.location)

source: wordnet30
an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
vacuum cleaner

source: wordnet30
A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.(noun)

source: webster1913

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