Meaning of answerphone | Babel Free
ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊnDefinitions
A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval.
Examples
“I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.”
“It started with a message in my office on that fiendish modern invention, second in its monstrousness only to the television, the answerphone.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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