phone book
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1.0
- noun
- /foʊn bʊk/
- Archaic
:
guía telefónica
- You can find her number in the phone book along with her address.
- a number in the phone book
But like, if you if life was movies and you went into the old phone book, there'd be like pages after pages of it's a fantasy, man.
- But like, if you if life was movies and you went into the old phone book, there'd be like pages after pages of it's a fantasy, man.
Examples
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If you want his phone number, you can find it in the phone book, it's listed.
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You know, I think I'll see if the Dunn's address is listed in the phone book.
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- Look it up in the phone book.
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- I got your address from the phone book.
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Go get my phone book, will you?
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Her number's in the phone book, so call her up for all I care.
Fiction book (1994) -
Have you checked the phone book?
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" She looked in the phone book for a taxi company."
Fiction book (1991) -
I went to the foot of the stairs, found the number in the phone book, and dialed it.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dahlia, you can't pick some random lawyer out of a phone book.
Synonyms
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3.0
A book or online list of names and addresses of people and organizations
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1.0
A book or list of people and businesses with their phone numbers
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1.0
A book that lists names, addresses and phone numbers of people and businesses
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2.0
A book or website with a list of names in order and phone numbers
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2.7
A printed list of people's names and home phone numbers in alphabetical order
How Convenient
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a book listing telephone subscribers' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'phone' (telephone) with 'book' (a bound set of pages): it denotes a book about phone numbers. This noun–noun compound follows regular English composition patterns and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Phone book comes from real paper books that listed people's telephone numbers and addresses. The words phone and book make a simple picture: you open the book to find a phone number, so it means 'a book that lists phone numbers and addresses'.