Meaning

3 senses
  1. Something or someone that dispenses things.

    a person who dispenses

  2. Something or someone that dispenses things.

    An object used to dispense other items.

    a toilet-paper dispenser

    Abroller, Austeiler, Spender

    доза́торdozátor, автома́тavtomát

  3. A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. There are no paper towels in the dispenser.

  2. Dung beetles are secondary seed dispensers.

  3. Dung beetles serve as secondary seed dispensers.

  4. You can only drink water from the water dispenser.

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  5. This refrigerator has an integrated ice and water dispenser.

    deDieser Kühlschrank verfügt über einen Eiswürfelbereiter und einen Wasserspender. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
object used to dispense other items:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
object used to dispense other items:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surfa

From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.

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