Definition & Meaning of "answerphone"in English

Answerphone

a machine that can automatically answer calls or record messages left by others when connected to one's telephone

Dialect

British

American

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

Plural form

answerphones

Examples

She left a message on the answerphone because no one was home to pick up the call.

Lexical Tree

answerphone

answer

phone

Nearby Words

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