answerphone
noun/ˈɑːnsəfəʊn/
/ˈænsərfəʊn/
(British English) (also answering machine British and North American English)
- a machine that you connect to your phone to answer your calls and record any message left by the person calling
- She left her name and number on his answerphone.
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the internetb1- I phoned him a few times, but I kept getting the answerphone.
- She put on the answerphone before she went out.
- We can take orders for any goods on our 24-hour answerphone.
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