ANSWERING MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does answering machine mean? 

• ANSWERING MACHINE (noun)
  The noun ANSWERING MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages

  Familiarity information: ANSWERING MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANSWERING MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("answering machine" is a kind of...):

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

 Context examples 

A U.S. agent cannot be in the form of a mailbox, answering machine, or service, or other place where an individual acting as the foreign facility's agent is not physically present.

(Foreign Facility's United States Agent, NCI Thesaurus)