telephone directory

British  

noun

1. a book listing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of subscribers in a particular area

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Example Sentences

DNS acts as a kind of telephone directory for the internet, instructing machines on how to find each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

To track him down, he dialled the 75 Namjoshis he found in a telephone directory - but found no leads.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

But in a working life that stretched from the 1940s into the new millennium, Mandel amassed enough credits as arranger, composer and musician to fill a small telephone directory.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020

The result was no-frills, but functional and inspiring enough to land on the cover of the telephone directory and nab design awards.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2016

At Phoebe’s house, we examined the telephone directory.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Related Words

• directory
• phone book
• telephone book
• yellow pages