"answerphone" meaning in English

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        "2": "answer",
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      "expansion": "answer + (tele)phone",
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  "etymology_text": "From answer + (tele)phone.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "answerphones",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ansaphone",
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        "alternative"
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    {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval."
      ],
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        [
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        "(British, Ireland, Commonwealth) A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval."
      ],
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            "US"
          ],
          "word": "answering machine"
        }
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        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland"
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      "ipa": "/ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.səˌfəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "answerphone"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From answer + (tele)phone.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "answerphones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ansaphone",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ansafone",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "answer phone",
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        "alternative"
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Irish English",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        "(British, Ireland, Commonwealth) A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval."
      ],
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      "word": "answering machine"
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  "word": "answerphone"
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