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Syn: ansaphone, ansafone, answerphone, telephone answering machine
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answering machine — ➔ machine1 * * * answering machine UK US noun [C] (UK also answerphone) ► COMMUNICATIONS a piece of equipment connected to a phone which answers the phone automatically and records messages: on sb s answering machine »She wasn t in so I left a… … Financial and business terms
answering machine — answering machines N COUNT An answering machine is a device which you connect to your telephone and which records telephone calls while you are out. Syn: answerphone … English dictionary
answering machine — ► NOUN ▪ a device which supplies a recorded answer to a telephone call and can record a message from the caller … English terms dictionary
answering machine — [an′sər fōn΄] n. an electronic device using recording tape or a semiconductor chip to take or give telephone messages automatically: also Brit. answerphone [an′sər fōn΄] … English World dictionary
Answering machine — For other uses, see Answering machine (disambiguation). A dual compact cassette tape based Panasonic answering machine … Wikipedia
answering machine — UK [ˈɑːns(ə)rɪŋ məˌʃiːn] / US [ˈæns(ə)rɪŋ məˌʃɪn] noun [countable] Word forms answering machine : singular answering machine plural answering machines a machine that answers your telephone and records messages that people leave for you … English dictionary
answering machine — an electronic device that is attached to a telephone and that automatically answers callers with a prerecorded message and records their messages for later playback. Also called telephone answering machine. [1975 80] * * * … Universalium
answering machine — noun Answering machine is used before these nouns: ↑message … Collocations dictionary
Answering machine (disambiguation) — Answering machine may refer to: *Answering machine, a device for automatically answering telephone calls and recording messages left by callers when the party called is unable to answer the phone *The Answer Machine?, eighth full length album by… … Wikipedia
answering machine — answering ma.chine also an|swer|phone BrE [ˈa:nsəfəun US ˈænsərfoun] n a machine that records your telephone calls when you cannot answer them … Dictionary of contemporary English
