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
[Marsha] Kazarosian [attorney] tells clients to make sure they shut off the microphone on their doorbell cameraJulie Manganis
… began speaking to the deputy through a speaker in the doorbell camera.Johnathan Hogan

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The video was captured Monday on a doorbell camera at an apartment complex in Stafford, a southwest Houston suburb. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025 The reviews are packed with screenshots that show how good the 2K resolution is, even after dark, which is a time when many doorbell cameras struggle to capture anything 10 feet off the porch. The People Deals Team, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025 As the shooters walked the halls searching for their target, they were captured by a doorbell camera, police said. David Noriega, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025 The doorbell camera shows the woman performing a dance and spinning around before what appears to be her partner comes out and retrieves her. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for doorbell camera

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First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of doorbell camera was in 1992

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“Doorbell camera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell%20camera. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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