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answering machine

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an·swer·ing machine (nsr-ng)
n.
A device for answering one's telephone and recording callers' messages.

answering machine
Noun
a device for answering a telephone automatically and recording messages
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Noun1.answering machineanswering machine - an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages
electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically
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Spanish answering machine [ˈɑːnsərɪŋ-] ncontestador m automático
French answering machine [ˈɑːnsərɪŋ-] nrépondeur m
German answering machine [ˈɑːnsərɪŋ-] answer nAnrufbeantworter m
Italian answering machine [ˈɑːnsərɪŋ-] nsegreteria (telefonica) automatica

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In the first case, deputies went to a home on Manzanita Drive in Palmdale after a man reported that the woman who lived there had left a message on his answering machine threatening to kill his wife, followed by the sound of gunshot.
Sahara started making up poems when she was 5 by reciting them into an answering machine before she learned how to write.
The company has given the go-ahead to the call centre, but some very sophisticated telecommunications equipment will be needed first, including a selective auto-dial system which would drop off when it connects to an answering machine or when there is no answer.
 
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