PHONE BOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phone book mean? 

• PHONE BOOK (noun)
  The noun PHONE BOOK has 1 sense:

1. a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers

  Familiarity information: PHONE BOOK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHONE BOOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

phone book; phonebook; telephone book; telephone directory

Hypernyms ("phone book" is a kind of...):

directory (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phone book"):

white pages (a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on white paper) where the names of people are listed alphabetically along with their telephone numbers)

yellow pages (a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising)

 Context examples 

Meyer Wolfshiem's name wasn't in the phone book. The butler gave me his office address on Broadway and I called Information, but by the time I had the number it was long after five and no one answered the phone.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)