ANSWERING MACHINE


Meaning of ANSWERING MACHINE in English

ˈanswering maˌchine BrE AmE ( also an‧swer‧phone British English /ˈɑːnsəfəʊn $ ˈænsərfoʊn/) noun [countable]

a machine that records your telephone calls when you cannot answer them

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.