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

Throw in some rain or a finicky fax machine, and the whole process felt downright prehistoric compared to today’s online convenience. —David Boice, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025

Around the time that craft barbecue took off, Mike says, Terry received an ominous fax summoning him to a board meeting later that day. —Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025

In 2004, the director of Mountain Plains sent a fax to the state Department of Labor. —Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025

Atrial fibrillation, heart failure and high-risk coronary disease don’t wait, yet care for these conditions still moves at the speed of fax machines and phone tag. —Jeffrey Wessler, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing fax

• fax modem

Rhymes for fax

• axe
• backs
• blacks
• cracks
• flax
• hacks
• jacks
• knacks
• lacks
• lakhs
• lax
• macs

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