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fax

 
/fæks/ n [C]

Definition

a document that is sent by electronic image through a telephone line: I’ll send you a fax of the proposal. A fax (also (also fax machine)) is also the machine that sends or receives such an image. fax
 
/fæks/ v [T]
I faxed the changes to my publisher.
(Definition of fax n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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