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auto·mat (ôt′ə mat′)
noun
a restaurant in which patrons get food from small compartments with doors that open when coins are put into slots
Etymology: Ger < Gr automatos: see automatic
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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automat Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- station: Secondary brands are also used by some firms in Scandinavia on their unmanned automat stations.
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