vacuum

Noun

• an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

• a region that is devoid of matter

• an empty area or space
  • the huge desert voids
    
  • the emptiness of outer space
    
  • without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
    

• the absence of matter

Verb

• clean with a vacuum cleaner
  • vacuum the carpets
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  vacuum cleaner , vacuity , void , vacancy , emptiness , vacuum-clean , hoover