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COIN-OPERATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coin-operated mean?
• COIN-OPERATED (adjective)
The adjective COIN-OPERATED has 1 sense:
1. of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins
Familiarity information: COIN-OPERATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a coin-operated telephone
Pertainym:
coin machine (a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot)
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