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PHONEBOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phonebook mean? 

PHONEBOOK (noun)
  The noun PHONEBOOK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PHONEBOOK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHONEBOOK (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 ("phonebook" is a kind of...):

directory (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)

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

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)


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