answering machine meaning
ENWAnswering machine
- The answering machine, answerphone or message machine, also known as the telephone answering machine (or TAM) in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone (from a trade name),
- Unlike voicemail, which can be a centralized or networked system that performs a similar function, an answering machine must be set up in the user's premises alongside — or incorporated within — the user's telephone.
- ^ TheFreeDictionary > answering machine Citing: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
- NounPLanswering machinesSUF-ine
- A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.
- A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.
Definition of answering machine in English Dictionary
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Grammatically, this idiom "answering machine" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.