answerphone

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

answer +‎ (tele)phone

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/, /ˈæn.səˌfəʊn/

Noun

answerphone (plural answerphones)

(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) 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.

Synonyms

(US) answering machine

Translations

answering machine — see answering machine

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