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au·to·mat

(ô′tə-măt′)

A cafeteria or restaurant in which food is dispensed from vending machines.

[Originally a trademark.]

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automat

(ˈɔːtəˌmæt)

1. (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

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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

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automat

[ˈɔːtəmæt] N

1. (Brit) → máquina f expendedora

2. (US) → restaurante m de autoservicio

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automat

[ˈɔːtəmæt] n

(= vending machine) → distributeur m (automatique)

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

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automat

n (US) → Automatenrestaurant nt

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automat

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

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