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vacuum
Part of speech: NounA space entirely empty of matter; hence, a space, such as the inside of a bottle, emptied of air by artificial mean.
Usage examples "vacuum":- They were on the alert- it didn't pay to take anything for granted in the Big Vacuum.... - "The Planet Strappers", Raymond Zinke Gallun.
- Sylvia and her father stood as though in the vacuum of a great bell- glass which shut them away from the rustling, breathing, living world. - "The Bent Twig", Dorothy Canfield.
- The electric lamp burns on, just the same, because the light is in a vacuum. - "The Boy With the U.S. Miners", Francis Rolt-Wheeler.