ansaphone

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A form of answerphone — Synonym of answering machine, especially one built into a telephone.

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Meanings

nounansaphone (plural ansaphones)

plural ansaphones

  1. New ZealandUKalternativecolloquialAlternative form of answerphone.

    When I get home there are two ansaphone messages, one from Laura’s friend Liz and one from Laura.

    1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 60

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
answering machine

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nanophase
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APA

ansaphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ansaphone

MLA

“ansaphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ansaphone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ansaphone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ansaphone.

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