robotnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrəʊ.bɒt/us/ˈroʊ.bɑːt/robot noun [ C ] (MACHINE)
B1 a machine controlled by a computer that is used to perform jobs automatically:
The surgery can be carried out by robots.
a bomb disposal robot
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- derrick
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- plant
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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robot noun [ C ] (PERSON)
disapproving someone who does things in a very effective way but never shows their emotions:
He played like a robot - note-perfect, but with no expression or dynamics at all.
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- internalize
- phlegmatic
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
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robot noun [ C ] (TRAFFIC LIGHT)
South African English a traffic light
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Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads
- amber
- Belisha beacon
- billboard
- bollard
- bus lane
- cat's eyes
- crossing
- lamppost
- milestone
- P, p
- pedestrian crossing
- pelican crossing
- reflector
- stop sign
- stoplight
- street furniture
- streetlight
- thoroughfare
- yellow line
- zebra crossing
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