According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
HOOVER
Hoover
(noun) a kind of vacuum cleaner
Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
(noun) 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
(noun) United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
(noun) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover
(verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner; “vacuum the carpets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hoover (plural hoovers)
(chiefly, Britain) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
Verb
hoover (third-person singular simple present hoovers, present participle hoovering, simple past and past participle hoovered)
(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
(intransitive, British) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
Synonyms
• (transitive sense): to vacuum
Etymology
Proper noun
Hoover
An American surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
Noun
Hoover (plural Hoovers)
A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).
Source: Wiktionary
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