Wiktionary
n. (context science fiction English) A machine that prepares and dispenses meals.
Usage examples of "autochef".
She got up from the bed, went back into the lounge to get a cup of hot chocolate from the autochef, and tried to fathom why.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas grabbed her coffee and pancakes out of the AutoChef, plopped down on the sofa, and prepared to enjoy a luxurious breakfast before clocking in for a day as a murder cop.
Eve Dallas grabbed her coffee and pancakes out of the AutoChef, plopped down on the sofa, and prepared to enjoy a luxurious breakfast before clocking in for a day as a murder cop.
Trying not to make contact with the eyes of any of the discreetly identified park security staff, he ambled freely amidst the animated throng, absently cataloging the attractions, ignoring the multitude of clever advertisements, and treating himself to specialty sweets whose sticky composition was beyond the capabilities of the autochef aboard the Teacher.
In addition to communications equipment and a recorder, they found chairs, tables, a portable autochef, and several very large men holding large guns.
The kitchenette, with its autochef, its little round table and chairs, was empty too.
Out in the dining room, the autochef began to hum and cluck self-importantly.
Cluck, said the autochef suddenly, hysterically, and the vent popped open, but nothing came out.
She pulled on the shirt, then with a quick glance at the door to make certain she was alone, did a fast, hip-shaking boogie to the AutoChef for another hit of coffee.
It has been a long time since autochefs and dispensers were cheaper than humans.
On the way back across town she managed to stuff herself to bursting with chicken Kiev from the fully stocked AutoChef in his car.
He came back with a couple of plates, steam rising from the fried cod and chipped potatoes, fresh from the AutoChef.
The bakery sold to the guy who ran the fix-it shop next door, and he'd diddle with the AutoChef for the woman who ran the clothes store on the other side, while she ran across the street to buy fruit from the stand.
The passenger suite that he was now inspecting had its own bedroom, parlor, entertainment center, hydroponic garden, hot tub, kitchen, autochef, medicator, robot massager, drug chest, and wine cabinet.
He used the AutoChef in the kitchenette for a meal -- steak, rare, white potato, baked, sour dough roll, coffee, and cheesecake -- rather than contact room service.