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coin-operated

coin-operated adjective: operated, or activated, by placing coins in a slot.

Adjective

coin-operated (not comparable)

  1. Operated, or activated, by placing coins in a slot.
    • Just as a matter of information, the Pennsylvania Railroad has unattended coin-operated public telephones on its "Congressional Limiteds" between New York and Washington and on the "Broadway Limited" between New York and Chicago.1960 July, Robert G. Lewis, publisher, Railway Age, “Letters to the Editor: Telephones in trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 448

Synonyms of coin-operated

Forms of coin-operated

alternative formcoin-op

Phrases with coin-operated

Questions about coin-operated

What does coin-operated mean?
Coin-operated means operated, or activated, by placing coins in a slot.
What part of speech is coin-operated?
Coin-operated is an adjective.

Words near coin-operated in the dictionary

  1. coin weights
  2. coin-in-the-slot
  3. coin-op
  4. coin-op laundries
  5. coin-op laundry
  6. coin-operated
  7. coin-operated laundries
  8. coin-operated laundry
  9. coin-ops
  10. COIN-OR
  11. coin-slot

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