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What is an answerphone?

What is an answerphone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Britain, New Zealand) A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval.
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Returning from work, I find a message from a cheery-sounding woman on my answerphone.
Describing it as a social answerphone, Audioboo thinks it should be ready for release next month.
This became true for Komora as Jonathan told the bewildered team and Metogba of the answerphone message left by Komora at his home.
David Felstead emails me a home number for Fisher, but it goes to the answerphone of another family.
Someone who only speaks Arabic has left five messages on my answerphone this morning for Yasmina.
At other times, or when there is nobody immediately available to take your call, a message can be left on the answerphone.

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