vacuum

Speech parts

1. vacuum - Noun

2. vacuum - Verb

Meaning

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.

The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hoover space gap void emptiness nothingness nullity vacuum-clean vacuum cleaner lack depression nonexistence absence empty hole
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Antonyms

galaxy plenum interest nature cosmos comprehensiveness
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Hypernyms

space region clean emptiness part household appliance

Hyponyms

hoover

Phrases with the word

vacuum flask in a vacuum thermionic vacuum tube run the vacuum cleaner electric vacuum aspiration manual vacuum aspiration

Derivatives

vacuums vacua

Examples

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. Arthur C. Clarke

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. Desmond Tutu

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment than the TV set. Harriet Van Horne

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict. Saul Alinsky

Nature abhors a vacuum. François Rabelais

Nature abhors a vacuum. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

vacutained vacutainer vacutome vacuum activity vacuum airship vacuum aspiration