AUTOMAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does automat mean? 

• AUTOMAT (noun)
  The noun AUTOMAT has 2 senses:

1. a vending machine from which you can get food

2. a cafeteria where food is served from machines

  Familiarity information: AUTOMAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOMAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vending machine from which you can get food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("automat" is a kind of...):

vending machine (a slot machine for selling goods)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cafeteria where food is served from machines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("automat" is a kind of...):

cafeteria (a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier)