dispenser
/dɪˈspɛnsə/
dispenser noun: something or someone that dispenses things.
Noun
dispenser (plural dispensers)
- Something or someone that dispenses things.
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- An object used to dispense other items.
- a toilet-paper dispenser
- A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.
dispenser meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
dispenser in Hindi
- डिस्पेंसर
dispenser in Marathi
- डिस्पेंसर
dispenser in Urdu
- عطار, دوا ساز
dispenser in Bengali
- ডিসপেনসার, ডিসপেন্সার
More languagesFewer languages
- dispenser in Telugu
- డిస్పెన్సర్
- dispenser in Malayalam
- ഡിസ്പെൻസർ
- dispenser in Punjabi
- ਡਿਸਪੈਂਸਰ, ਡਿਸਪੈਂਜ਼ਰ, ਡਿਸਪੈਨਸਰ
- dispenser in Gujarati
- ડિસ્પેન્સર, ડિસ્પેંસર
- dispenser in Odia
- ଡିସପେନସର, ଡିସପେନ୍ସର, ଡିସ୍ପେନ୍ସର
- dispenser in Sanskrit
- भग bhága
- dispenser in Nepali
- डिस्पेन्सर, डिस्पेंसर
Examples of dispenser in a sentence
- Remember those clear globe dispensers with gumballs for a penny?
- In this toilet, the soap dispenser was either empty or not working.
- More dispensers fail with malted milk than with any one drink that I know about.
Forms of dispenser
| plural | dispensers |
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Origin of dispenser
From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.
Words formed from dispenser
Questions about dispenser
- What does dispenser mean?
- Dispenser means something or someone that dispenses things.
- What is dispenser in Hindi?
- Dispenser in Hindi is डिस्पेंसर. See Dispenser meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dispenser?
- Dispenser is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dispenser?
- Dispenser is pronounced /dɪˈspɛnsə/.
- What is the plural of dispenser?
- The plural of dispenser is dispensers.
Words near dispenser in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dispenser (page history and authors); dispenser (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dispenser (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dispenser (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); dispenser (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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