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Definition of "telephone book" [telephone book]

  • A directory of the names of telephone subscribers with their telephone numbers and often their addresses. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "telephone book" in a sentence
  • "She drew on Silhouette's information to use the telephone book and check the Yellow Pages under Certified Public Accountants."
  • "He was trying to look awfully casual about the search for the number; he was certain the lady in the corner — Lasko's secretary — had eyes like lasers beneath those heavy brows and hornrimmed glasses with which she could bum straight through the telephone book to the page of K's he was scouring, and then smile meanly and go tell the world."
  • "He'd better take the telephone book and talk to all the Pagets in Southampton one by one."
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