vacuum cleaner
noun
: a household appliance for cleaning floors, carpets, upholstery, etc. by suction
called also vacuum sweeper
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According to a comparison chart by Yale, 75 decibels is roughly equivalent to the sound of a vacuum cleaner.
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Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Apr. 2026
One recalled how their oldest child once pushed an unplugged vacuum cleaner across the living room, carefully creating vacuum lines without actually cleaning anything.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Leave the home-cleaning duties to this intuitive robot vacuum cleaner that doesn’t require a filter change for up to 60 days.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Several hundred meters away, at the Cheonggyecheon stream, levels still hovered between 70 and 80 decibels—the intensity of a busy street or a vacuum cleaner.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
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Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Apr. 2026
One recalled how their oldest child once pushed an unplugged vacuum cleaner across the living room, carefully creating vacuum lines without actually cleaning anything.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Leave the home-cleaning duties to this intuitive robot vacuum cleaner that doesn’t require a filter change for up to 60 days.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Several hundred meters away, at the Cheonggyecheon stream, levels still hovered between 70 and 80 decibels—the intensity of a busy street or a vacuum cleaner.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Vacuum cleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20cleaner. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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