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Definition of "yellow pages" []

  • A volume or section of a telephone directory that lists businesses, services, or products alphabetically according to field. (noun-plural)

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 "yellow pages" in a sentence
  • "After sending the handwritten yellow pages down the hall to be typed, he phoned Tony Podesta, another Muskie refugee, now deputy director of the McGovern scheduling and advance team, and told him to find my bag and get me a room on the sixteenth or seventeenth floor of the Doral even if he had to move someone else."
  • "Leasing agents can be found for boats at most marinas; for planes at flight services or the FBO at any airport; and for motor homes in the yellow pages under Motor Homes—Renting and Leasing."