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 camera …—Julie Manganis
… began speaking to the deputy through a speaker in the doorbell camera.—Johnathan Hogan

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Detectives began investigating the house fire as a homicide and reviewed Ring doorbell camera footage that allegedly showed Ryan Willis lighting objects on fire on the porch, according to court records. — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Hoping to track down and thank the good Samaritan, Smith shared an image of the man captured on his doorbell camera on the I Heart McDonough Facebook page. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 Cove sent me a full array of add-ons, including indoor and outdoor cameras, a doorbell camera, a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide (CO) detector, a panic button, a glass-break sensor, a water-leak sensor, a siren, and a remote fob. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026 Today, the fictional villain must also leave the phone behind, hide the license plate, and dodge doorbell cameras, Teslas and an expanding web of digital surveillance. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doorbell camera

Word History

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 22 Aug. 2026.

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