handheld vacuum cleaner
- noun
- /ˈhændˌhɛld ˈvæk.juːm ˈkliː.nɚ/
:
aspiradora portátil
- Many people keep a handheld vacuum cleaner handy for pet hair on furniture.
Examples
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I bought a handheld vacuum cleaner yesterday.
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She used a handheld vacuum cleaner to remove crumbs from the car seats.
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A handheld vacuum cleaner is perfect for quick cleanups in the kitchen.
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Do you have a handheld vacuum cleaner?
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I bought a handheld vacuum cleaner to quickly clean up spills in the kitchen.
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The handheld vacuum cleaner is perfect for cleaning my car's interior.
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She used a handheld vacuum cleaner to remove crumbs from the couch.
Synonyms
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1.6
A machine that cleans floors and carpets by sucking up dust and dirt
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1.0
An electric machine that cleans floors and carpets by sucking up dust
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3.6
A machine that removes dust and dirt from floors and carpets
A small vacuum you hold to clean crumbs in cars or on sofas
A small portable cleaner you hold in one hand to clean small messes
A small portable machine that sucks up dirt from chairs or car seats
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'handheld' (small and held in the hand) modifies 'vacuum cleaner' (a device that removes dust), so the meaning 'a small vacuum cleaner designed to be held' is directly derivable from the parts. This is a common, cross-linguistic compound/NP formation and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The compound noun handheld vacuum cleaner comes from the picture of a small vacuum cleaner you can hold in your hand to clean crumbs and little messes. So the phrase means a 'small and easy to carry' cleaner for quick jobs.