fax machine

1. A device that sends and receives printed pages or images over telephone lines by digitizing the material with an internal optical scanner and transmitting the information as electronic signals.

Example Sentences

Prime Minister David Lange had promised that no resources would be spared, and they weren’t: In an interview with a BBC documentary crew, a detective, chuckling, recalled that one day a brand-new photocopier and fax machine showed up at headquarters.

From Slate

"If they have to, they'll use a fax machine. Any silo mentality disappears and everyone becomes very clearly focused on how to fix it."

From BBC

“The money I would get would basically pay for the fax machine,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The packs include paper forms and a fax machine – a contingency in case their digital ordering system becomes unavailable.

From BBC

Cyrus, who doesn’t have a fax machine handy, said she has to pick up faxes at her lawyer’s office.

From Los Angeles Times