voice mail

American  

[vois-meyl] / ˈvɔɪsˌmeɪl /

Or voicemail

noun

1. an electronic system enabling the recording and storage of (usually digitized) voice messages, which can subsequently be retrieved by the intended recipient.

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voice mail British  

noun

1. an electronic system for the transfer and storage of telephone messages, which can then be dealt with by the user at his or her convenience

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Other Word Forms

• voice-mail
  adjective

Example Sentences

And like anybody having to listen to their voice on a voice mail, trying to get past the criticism of myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

No one picked up the phone but his wife saved the voice mail message he left her that day, and listening back to it, he said, is tough.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

One such feature, he said, will be the iPhone's ability to transcribe voice mail messages in real time, starting this autumn.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023

Sentencing him at the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Young said: "You accept you were distracted by a voice mail message received on the mobile phone before the collision."

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

“She probably lost her phone in the storm like you. She’ll call her voice mail when she’s safe and see you’ve gotten in touch.”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz