suction cup

suction cup
noun
a cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuum; used to adhere or draw something to a surface
• Hypernyms: ↑device

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noun
: a cup of glass or of a flexible material (as rubber) in which a partial vacuum is produced when applied to a surface and which is used variously (as to bring blood to the surface of the skin, for traction or holding, or as part of a plunger)

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a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.

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suction cup,
a cup-shaped piece of rubber, plastic, or (in early times) glass, that can stick to a surface by suction: »

Mixing bowls…have been provided with a removable suction cup designed to hold them firmly to a table or counter (Science News).

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noun, pl ⋯ cups [count]
: a round, shallow cup made of a flexible material (such as rubber) that you attach to a surface by pressing the cup against the surface until the air between the cup and surface is removed

The device is held to the wall with two suction cups.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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