ticket-stamping machine

4.3

A machine that makes a mark on a ticket showing the time and place

noun

: máquina de sellado de boletos

Before boarding the train, she inserted her ticket into the ticket-stamping machine to validate it.

Examples

If you forget to use the ticket-stamping machine, you might receive a fine during inspection.
Many stations have replaced the old ticket-stamping machines with digital scanners.
The ticket-stamping machine is broken.
I saw a ticket-stamping machine at the train station.
Before boarding the train, she inserted her ticket into the ticket-stamping machine to validate it.
If you forget to use the ticket-stamping machine, you might receive a fine during inspection.
Many stations have replaced the old ticket-stamping machines with digital scanners.

Synonyms

ticket stamping machine

vsticket-stamping machine

3.7

A machine that stamps a ticket with time and place

is the same but written with a hyphen

composter

vsticket-stamping machine

Archaic

9.6

A machine that stamps or punches tickets to show they are valid

uses stamping that adds location and time for exact validation

dater

vsticket-stamping machine

4.4

A small stamp that prints the date on documents

stamps items with both precise time and location, not only the date

Surface Forms

ticket-stamping machine singular

ticket-stamping machines plural

Morphology

ticket-stamping + machine

The compound is directly built from familiar words: 'ticket' + 'stamping' + 'machine' denotes a machine that stamps tickets. This follows a regular noun-modifier + noun compound pattern (a machine that performs ticket-stamping) which is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Ticket-stamping machine is named for what it does: it presses a metal stamp into a paper ticket to show the time and place. So a ticket with this mark is 'validated' and proves you can travel.