answering machine

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   an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages

   Broaderelectronic device

Questions about answering machine

What does answering machine mean?

answering machine means "an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages".

Is answering machine a common word?

answering machine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.