Automat

Au·to·mat  (ôt-mt)

A trademark used for automated restaurant services in which food is dispensed from vending machines.

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automat [ˈɔːtəˌmæt]

n

1. (Engineering / General Engineering) Also called vending machine a machine that automatically dispenses goods, such as cigarettes, when money is inserted

2. Chiefly US an area or room, sometimes having restaurant facilities, where food and other goods are supplied from vending machines

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	automat - a vending machine from which you can get food vending machine - a slot machine for selling goods
	2.	automat - a cafeteria where food is served from machines cafeteria - a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

Translations

automat [ˈɔːtəmæt] N

1. (Brit) → máquina f expendedora

2. (US) → restaurante m de autoservicio

automat [ˈɔːtəmæt] n

(= vending machine) → distributeur m (automatique)

(US) (= place) → cafétéria f avec distributeurs automatiques

automat

n (US) → Automatenrestaurant nt

automat [ˈɔːtəˌmæt] n (vending machine) → distributore m automatico (Am) (room) tavola calda fornita esclusivamente di distributori automatici