26984 words

dispenser

6 definitions • 6 examples
1
a machine or container that you can get something from:

Examples:

a cash/soap dispenser
2
a machine from which you can get an item, usually by putting coins in it.
3
a machine or container that you can get something from by pulling a handle or pressing a button:

Examples:

liquid soap dispensers
automated/automatic dispensers
a drinks/coffee/tape dispenser
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5
a person whose job is to prepare medicines and give or sell them to people:

Examples:

Pharmacists have long been frustrated with being perceived as mere pill dispensers.
6
a person or thing that provides something:

Examples:

The committee is an amalgam of regulatory body, lobby group, and dispenser of information.

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