dispenser

UK: /dɪˈspɛnsə^r/ US: /dɪˈspɛnsɚ/ ,(di spen′sər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•pens•er /dɪˈspɛnsɚ/  n. [countable]

1. a container from which something may be poured, etc:
   They filled the soap dispensers in the bathroom.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

dis•pens•er  (di spen′sər), n. 

1. a person or thing that dispenses.
2. a container, package, device, or vending machine for holding and dispensing something in small amounts, as facial tissue, paper cups, or candy.

• 1250–1300; Middle English; see dispense, -er¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

dispenser / dɪˈspɛnsə/ noun

1. a device, such as a vending machine, that automatically dispenses a single item or a measured quantity
2. a person or thing that dispenses