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Definition 2025
answerphone
answerphone
English
Alternative forms
- ansaphone, ansafone
Noun
answerphone (plural answerphones)
- (Britain, 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.
Translations
answering machine — see answering machine
Synonyms
- (US) answering machine