fax machine

American  

[faks-muh-sheen] / ˈfæks məˌʃin /

noun

fax machines plural

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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• fax machines
  plural

Example Sentences

Mr. Hockney created carpets and stained-glass windows; designed sets and costumes for ballet and opera; and made work using such unusual tools as paper pulp and a fax machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Later, he mounted exhibitions with art created by photocopier and fax machine, carefully building vast pictures from single sheets of paper.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The bad news is that just like your fax machine, a lot of the key components of that rally aren’t around today.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

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 • Sep. 25, 2024

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

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom