Synonyms

voice mail

American

[vois-meyl] / ˈvɔɪsˌmeɪl /

Or voicemail

noun

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

voice mail British

noun

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

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voice mail

According to Gadd, she sent him over 41,000 emails, tweeted at him hundreds of times and left him 350 hours of voice mail over the course of a few years.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

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

“This is Calista” It was her voice mail.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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