answerphone
/ˈɑːnsəfəʊn/ noun [C] UK (UK/US answering machine)Definition
› a machine that records your message if you telephone someone and they do not answer: I left a message on her answerphone.
(Definition of answerphone noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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