answerphonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɑːn.sə.fəʊn/us/ˈæn.sɚ.foʊn/mainly UK US usually answering machinea device connected to a phone that answers calls automatically and records messages from the person calling:
She wasn't in so I left a message on her answerphone.
I called several times last week, but I kept getting his answerphone.
More examples
- The voice on the answerphone said "Please leave any message after the beep".
- He left a rather garbled message on my answerphone.
- Outside office hours clients can leave messages on our answerphone.
- When she's busy getting the children to bed, she usually leaves the answerphone on.
- I rang but only got the answerphone, so I went round to check that she was ok.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - telephone equipment
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