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A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers messages for later retrieval.
I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.
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answerphone — an‧swer‧phone [ˈɑːnsəfəʊn ǁ ˈænsərfoʊn] also an‧sa‧phone [ˈɑːnsəfəʊn ǁ ˈænsəfoʊn] noun [countable] a machine connected to a telephone which records your telephone messages when you are not able to answer the telephone; = ANSWERING MACHINE: • She… … Financial and business terms
answerphone — UK [ˈɑːnsə(r)ˌfəʊn] / US [ˈɑnsərˌfoʊn] noun [countable] Word forms answerphone : singular answerphone plural answerphones British an answering machine … English dictionary
answerphone — noun Answerphone is used before these nouns: ↑message … Collocations dictionary
answerphone — [[t]ɑ͟ːnsə(r)foʊn, æ̱n [/t]] answerphones N COUNT An answerphone is the same as an answering machine. [mainly BRIT] Syn: answering machine … English dictionary
answerphone — n. answering maching, mechanical device which records telephone messages … English contemporary dictionary
answerphone — noun Brit. a telephone answering machine … English new terms dictionary
answerphone — [ˈɑːnsəˌfəʊn] noun [C] British an answering machine … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
answerphone — /ˈænsəfoʊn/ (say ansuhfohn) noun a telephone with an answering machine …
answerphone — n. a telephone answering machine … Useful english dictionary
Answering machine — For other uses, see Answering machine (disambiguation). A dual compact cassette tape based Panasonic answering machine … Wikipedia
