fax machine

/ 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.

Example Sentences

The packs include paper forms and a fax machine – a contingency in case their digital ordering system becomes unavailable.

From BBC

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

There’s a fax machine in the afterlife.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps now it's time to recognise the power of text and just as we ditched the fax machine in the 1990s, we can leave the dreaded phone calls behind in 2024.

From BBC

He only had a fax machine at the time, and out of the blue I got this fax from him: “Weezer, give me a call — we need to talk.”

From Los Angeles Times