Definition of "answerphone" []

• A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval. (noun)

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• "‘The message on my answerphone was a bit garbled,’ she said, ‘so I didn’t exactly understand why she needed this statement from me."
• "In the second hour of the show, they go on to call the answerphone back about three times to apologise and it makes for some brilliantly funny radio ..."
• "I think I like the word "answerphone" better; may continue use."