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

Examples of doorbell camera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the moment captured on the doorbell camera, Hutchinson can be seen answering the door, then laying Sebastian across his knee and gently hitting him on the back until the stuck food was dislodged. —Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024

This is one of the great ironies of the project: Dogs are all around us, constantly captured by phones and doorbell cameras and CCTV. —Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024

The prosecutor told the jury that her neighbors’ Ring doorbell camera captured Liles on their front lawn holding the chef’s knife. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 29 May 2024

The homeowners, Murray and his wife, both age 72, spoke with the two suspects through the home’s doorbell camera but did not let them inside, according to the news release from Bouchard’s office. —Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above