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answer phone

answer phone is the alternative form of answerphone.

Meaning of answerphone

Noun

answerphone (plural answerphones)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) Synonym of answering machine, especially one built into a telephone.
    • I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.

Forms of answer phone

pluralanswer phones

Words that rhyme with answer phone

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Questions about answer phone

What is answer phone the alternative form of?
Answer phone is the alternative form of answerphone.

Words near answer phone in the dictionary

  1. answer engines
  2. answer for
  3. answer key
  4. answer keys
  5. answer on a postcard
  6. answer phone
  7. answer phones
  8. answer print
  9. answer prints
  10. answer set programming
  11. answer sheet

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