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

Through some clever voice mail trickery, she has convinced the inattentive adults in her life that she is being taken care of by her nonexistent uncle.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 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

A few days later, when Deborah got out of the hospital, she left me a voice mail.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot