answerphone
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈæn.səˌfəʊn/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Noun
Synonym of answering machine, especially one built into a telephone.
Usage- Commonwealth usage
- Ireland
- UK usage
- Examples
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I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.
That was the bloody answerphone. She must have left already.
More examples (1)
It started with a message in my office on that fiendish modern invention, second in its monstrousness only to the television, the answerphone.
Word forms
answerphonesansaphoneansafoneanswer phone