suction
noun/ˈsʌkʃn/
/ˈsʌkʃn/
[uncountable]- the process of removing air or liquid from a space or container so that something else can be taken into it or so that two surfaces can stick together
- Vacuum cleaners work by suction.
- a suction pump/pad
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin suctio(n-). from Latin sugere ‘suck’.Definitions on the go
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