Answerphone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Answerphone is a noun meaning (British, Ireland, Commonwealth) A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval.
Meaning
(British, Ireland, Commonwealth) A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval.
Example Sentences
I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.
It started with a message in my office on that fiendish modern invention, second in its monstrousness only to the television, the answerphone.
Word Forms
- answerphones
- ansaphone
- ansafone
- answer phone
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include voicemail, phonebank, voicebank, voicemailbox, ringback, register.
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