vending machine

noun

: a coin-operated machine for selling merchandise

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One, roughly the size and shape of a small vending machine, is in street clothes while the other towers over him in skates and a white-and-black hockey sweater. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025 Each suite has an in-room kitchen with free WiFi, and around-the-clock access to the guest laundry room and vending machines. Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025 The city of Gary installed its first Narcan vending machine at the Adam Benjamin Jr. Metro Center on March 21, and the health department plans to install additional machines throughout the city. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 The company consolidated its data from vending machines to design a data model to get visibility on the hundreds of brand assortments and interactions between different data pools. Karen Kim, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vending machine

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vending machine was circa 1895

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“Vending machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vending%20machine. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

vending machine

noun
: a machine from which one may get merchandise after putting in coins

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