yellow pages

plural noun

, (often initial capital letters)

1. a classified telephone directory or section of a directory, listing subscribers by the type of business or service they offer, usually printed on yellow paper.

Yellow Pages

plural noun

1. a classified telephone directory, often printed on yellow paper, that lists subscribers by the business or service provided

Word History and Origins

Origin of yellow pages¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

I looked in the Yellow Pages and saw that the Holiday Inn also advertised color TV.

From The Daily Beast

I like to see my desktop covered with face-up yellow pages drying like paintings in the sun.

From The Daily Beast

Apparently, Alexander is the one person still using the Yellow Pages.

From The Daily Beast

In these yellow pages is a melancholy reflection of the gayety and gallantry of the Sans Souci hotel seventy years ago.

From Project Gutenberg

I will tear the core out of many yellow pages of diffuse writing spiced with smug moral reflections.

From Project Gutenberg

I had taken the copy of Graziani's suites off the desk, and was holding it on my lap turning over the old foxed and yellow pages.

From Project Gutenberg

I took the book in my hand and turned over its yellow pages.

From Project Gutenberg

Clinical psychologists are listed in the Yellow Pages under "Psychologists."

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• phone book