voice mail

Or voice·mail

[vois-meyl]

noun

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

voice mail

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

Other Word Forms

• voice-mail adjective

Example Sentences

Witness statements made by police officers said he had left a death threat on the voice mail of a former partner.

Read more on BBC

If you would rather share your story over the phone, you can reach our voice mail at 212-556-8900.

Read more on New York Times

A Florida man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for leaving a voice mail message promising to “come kill” Chief Justice John Roberts.

Read more on New York Times

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.

Read more on New York Times

Calls from numbers that aren’t in your contacts list will now be muted and sent directly to voice mail.

Read more on New York Times