fax

noun

ˈfaks 

1

: facsimile sense 2

2

: a device used to send or receive facsimile communications

3

: a facsimile communication

fax verb

Examples of fax in a Sentence

She sent me a copy of her report by fax.

She sent me a fax of her report.

Recent Examples on the Web

Ally had to find a landline to call her children or send a fax instead of emails and texts. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024

Our own house has turned into a kind of office, a site of fax and phone, of administration and importunity. —Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing fax

• fax modem

Kids Definition

fax

noun

ˈfaks 

1

: facsimile sense 2

2

: a machine used to send or receive facsimile communications

3

: a facsimile communication

fax verb