Definition of vacuum:

1. Space empty or devoid of all matter or body. Torricellian vacuum, the empty space at the top of a barometric tube. See Vacant.

Common misspellings for vacuum:

• vaccum (33%)
• vacum (17%)
• vacume (14%)
• vaccuum (12%)
• vacumn (5%)
• vacumm (4%)
• vaccume (4%)
• vacuume (4%)

Examples of usage for vacuum:

1. " We are going to make a vacuum," said Miette. "In Search of a Son" , William Shepard Walsh.

2. It is no positive feature or action of the vacuum that we have in mind, for its essence is negative; but just because of that negative character, experience has taught us, that it cannot fulfil certain functions. "The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer" , John Gerard.

3. The Master was very silent this night, and his guest felt that some mystery, some vacuum existed between them, as he gazed on the face in the water. "The Master of the Inn" , Robert Herrick.

Quotes for vacuum:

1. I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart. - Elizabeth Blackwell

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

3. Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner. - Sophia Loren

4. There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus. - Blaise Pascal

5. Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry. - Wislawa Szymborska

Idioms for vacuum:

1. Nature abhors a vacuum.

2. in a vacuum

3. vacuum sth up ( from sth)

4. vacuum sth out