American English pronunciation
How to pronounce sweeper
IPA transcription: [s'wipɚ]
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Noun
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an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
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a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
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little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
Usage examples
- German naval losses during the invasion amounted to a minesweeper.
- Do you have a carpet sweeper or a Hoover I can borrow?
- The "Kriegsmarine" lost several minesweepers and the anti-aircraft cruiser "Niobe" in the process.
- All five minesweepers were involved in clearing two minefields off Port Stanley.
- Following the attack, she served as a salvage vessel and minesweeper.
- She was later employed as a support ship for minesweepers during the Indonesian Confrontation.
- The minesweeper then returned to her escort duties.