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TELEPHONE BOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
Synonyms:
phone book; phonebook; telephone book; telephone directory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("telephone book" is a kind of...):
directory (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone book"):
white pages (a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on white paper) where the names of people are listed alphabetically along with their telephone numbers)
yellow pages (a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising)
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