DISPENSER

dispenser

(noun) a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts

dispenser

(noun) a person who dispenses

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dispenser (plural dispensers)

Something or someone that dispenses things.

An object used to dispense other items.

A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*pens"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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