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Dimple is a related term of vacuum.


As nouns the difference between dimple and vacuum

is that dimple is a small depression or indentation in a surface while vacuum is (rare|chiefly|netherlands).

As a verb dimple

is to create a dimple in.

dimple

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small depression or indentation in a surface.
    • The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
  • * Wordsworth
    • The garden pool's dark surface breaks into dimples small and bright.
  • Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
    • You have very cute dimples .

    Synonyms

    * (depression in a surface ): dent

    Verb

    (dimpl)
  • To create a dimple in.
    • The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
  • To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
    • The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
  • To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
  • * Dryden
    • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.

    Synonyms

    * (create a dimple in) dent, mar

    Anagrams

    * *

    vacuum

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (rare)

    Noun

    (wikipedia vacuum) (en-noun)
  • A region of space that contains no matter.
  • A vacuum cleaner.
  • The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
    • a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch

    Usage notes

    * In the sense of "a region of space that contains no matter", the plural of vacuum' is either '''vacua''' or '''vacuums'''. In the sense of a "vacuum cleaner" ' vacuums is the only plural. * The Latin in vacuo'' is sometimes used instead of ''in a vacuum (in free space).

    Synonyms

    * (vacuum cleaner) hoover (British )

    Antonyms

    * (region of space that contains no matter) plenum

    Derived terms

    * power vacuum * vacuum brake * vacuum cleaner * vacuum pan * vacuum valve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
  • To use a vacuum cleaner.

    • Synonyms

    * (transitive sense) to hoover (British) * (intransitive sense) to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)