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answering machine

answering machine noun: a device that automatically records voicemails from unanswered telephone calls.

answering machine: a device that automatically records voicemails from unanswered telephone calls
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Noun

answering machine (plural answering machines)

  1. (dated) A device that automatically records voicemails from unanswered telephone calls.

answering machine meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

answering machine in Tamil

விடையளிக்கும் பொறி, வரும் செய்திகளைச் சேகரிப்பது, முற்பதிவு செய்திகளை அழத்தவருக்கு அனுப்பி

answering machine in Arabic

device that automatically records voice mail
مُجِيب mujīb, مُجِيب آلِيّ mujīb ʔāliyy

answering machine in Thai

device that automatically records voice mail
เครื่องตอบรับโทรศัพท์ krʉ̂ʉang-dtɔ̀ɔp-ráp-too-rá-sàp

answering machine in Vietnamese

device that automatically records voice mail
máy trả lời

Synonyms of answering machine

Forms of answering machine

pluralanswering machines

Questions about answering machine

What does answering machine mean?
Answering machine means a device that automatically records voicemails from unanswered telephone calls.
What is answering machine in Tamil?
Answering machine in Tamil is விடையளிக்கும் பொறி, வரும் செய்திகளைச் சேகரிப்பது, முற்பதிவு செய்திகளை அழத்தவருக்கு அனுப்பி. See Answering machine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is answering machine?
Answering machine is a noun.
What is the plural of answering machine?
The plural of answering machine is answering machines.

Words near answering machine in the dictionary

  1. answereth
  2. answerin'
  3. answering
  4. answering back
  5. answering for
  6. answering machine
  7. answering machines
  8. answering pennant
  9. answering pennants
  10. answering service
  11. answering services

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Adapted from Wiktionary: answering machine (page history and authors); answering machine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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