doorbell camera
noun
plural doorbell cameras
: a small camera that is designed for use on an exterior door, that includes or connects to a doorbell, and that often has a built-in microphone and speaker : video doorbell
Thanks to a rise in package theft, doorbell cameras have gained popularity …—
Nicole Bogart
Nicole Bogart[Marsha] Kazarosian [attorney] tells clients to make sure they shut off the microphone on their doorbell camera …—Julie Manganis
Julie Manganis… began speaking to the deputy through a speaker in the doorbell camera.—Johnathan Hogan
Johnathan HoganExamples of doorbell camera in a Sentence
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The mayor asked residents who live near the campus, as well as business owners, to check their doorbell cameras and other surveillance video for any footage of the suspect.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Footage from a doorbell camera at a home near Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area showed a property blowing up Thursday, sending debris flying into the air.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
What To Know Dramatic video captured by a Nest doorbell camera showed a quiet morning in the unincorporated Ashland community near Hayward before the home suddenly erupted, hurling jagged wood and debris into the sky as thick smoke poured upward.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Thundersnow rolled through parts of western Pennsylvania overnight, showing up on a doorbell camera in Westmoreland County.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Footage from a doorbell camera at a home near Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area showed a property blowing up Thursday, sending debris flying into the air.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
What To Know Dramatic video captured by a Nest doorbell camera showed a quiet morning in the unincorporated Ashland community near Hayward before the home suddenly erupted, hurling jagged wood and debris into the sky as thick smoke poured upward.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Thundersnow rolled through parts of western Pennsylvania overnight, showing up on a doorbell camera in Westmoreland County.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Doorbell camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell%20camera. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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