vending machine

noun

1. a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.

vending machine

noun

1. a machine that automatically dispenses consumer goods such as cigarettes, food, or petrol, when money is inserted Also calledautomat

Word History and Origins

Origin of vending machine¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Choose the wrong one and you could end up with a backpack full of spaghetti and lunch from the vending machine.

From Popular-Science

Skip the overpriced fast-food lunch line and run away from the dusty old vending machine in the break room.

From Popular-Science

For example, to build a lockpick you need to buy a turnip from a vending machine and take it to a cage where an unseen animal lives in a lab room.

From Washington Post

He ordered a refrigerated pasta-and-sauce vending machine last April, but it did not arrive until February.

From Washington Post

The pandemic has rocketed vending machines into new territory.

From Washington Post

[WWD] Essie Launches Vending Machine: Shopping in airports has become quite convenient these days.

From The Daily Beast

They'll buy your teenage daughter an abortion but they won't let her buy a sugary soda in a school's vending machine.

From The Daily Beast

The last automatic vending machine alluded to is shown in our second engraving.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• vendor