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

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

From 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.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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

It feels like she’s starring in her own one-woman play, one where all other people are background noise — her mother’s phone call goes to voice mail — and nobody is watching.

From New York Times