dispenser

Definition

  • noun: a machine or container that lets you take small amounts of something
  • noun: one that 'dispenses'
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: distributer

Examples

  • A teacher should be more than a 'dispenser of' knowledge.

  • hospitals and other health-care 'dispensers'

  • a paper towel 'dispenser'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) friendly touches that keep my world in orbit. All the things you probably hate about traveling, the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi, are warm reminders that I'm home. Do you want the cancer? -The what? -Do you want the cancer? (..)
    2009 Up in the Air