Dustbag

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The bag inside a vacuum cleaner where collected dust is stored.

    "These may contain filters manufactured without the use of harmful materials and may not require a dustbag. Dyson vacuum cleaners are examples of designs with such characteristics."

  2. 2
    A bag in which clothing can be protected from damage.

    "[…] old textbooks and dusty encyclopedias, clothing hanging from rafters in dustbags, and all the other useless and superfluous stuff usually found in attics."

Example

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"These may contain filters manufactured without the use of harmful materials and may not require a dustbag. Dyson vacuum cleaners are examples of designs with such characteristics."

Etymology

From dust + bag.

Related phrases

vacuum cleaner

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