phone book

American  

noun

1. telephone book.

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Etymology

Origin of phone book

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

"I said, 'Get yourself a phone book. On every page you'll have a suspect.'"

From BBC

I wouldn’t pay to hear her read the proverbial phone book, but I might shell out to hear her sing it, while cracking jokes in between vocalizing.

From The Wall Street Journal

DNS, which stands for Domain Name System, is often likened to a phone book for the internet.

From BBC

And fortunately there was a phone book inside of it.

From Los Angeles Times

Some liken it to a thick phone book.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• directory
• telephone book
• yellow pages