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answering machine
noun
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.
answering machine
noun
Also called: answerphone.In full: telephone answering machine.a device by means of which a telephone call is answered automatically and the caller enabled to leave a recorded message
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of answering machine1
Example Sentences
Hill’s apprehension dissolved when Wooden not only picked up as Hill spoke his name on the answering machine but also asked him to visit, leading to an instant reconnection.
Maybe you’d meet somebody out, remotely checking the answering machine plugged into your landline for messages.
Her answering machine message was recorded in the style of Snow.
I was visiting with Coach in his modest Encino condo when the phone rang and the answering machine picked up.
Mr. Hampton unsuccessfully sued Mr. Guare, Lincoln Center Theater and other parties for $100 million in damages for using incidents from his life in the play, and left death threats on Mr. Guare’s answering machine.
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