phone book
Americannoun
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phone books
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of phone book
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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For the internet to become what we think of as the internet, you also needed people like Paul Mockapetris, who created the domain name system that is known as the phone book of the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
An image from a prior Epstein files release showed a different, but similar email - [email protected] - listed in Epstein's phone book under a contact titled "Duke of York".
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
Some liken it to a thick phone book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
No reading from the phone book or "Green Eggs and Ham."
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
Definitely When I arrive home I look them up in the local phone book and there’s a Greene and a few Wests but none with a G or an M before it.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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