fax machine

American  

[faks-muh-sheen] / ˈfæks məˌʃin /

noun

plural

fax machines

1. a machine for faxing documents, photographs, and other flat media.

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fax machine Scientific  

/ făks /

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.

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Example Sentences

Perhaps now it's time to recognise the power of text and just as we ditched the fax machine in the 1990s, we can leave the dreaded phone calls behind in 2024.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

And there were other things he could not recall — what a fax machine is called, the name of a former cabinet colleague, the agency that preserves official papers.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

When I began my career, at the Chicago Sun-Times, I often worked desk shifts, which meant editing typewritten pages of copy that were pulled off a fax machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

After all, the nation known for Nintendo games, Lexus sportscars and other gadgetry galore also loves the fax machine and the traditional “hanko” seals that work as analog signatures.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

A few days later, I received a message on my fax machine.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom