TABLE OF CONTENTS

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does table of contents mean? 

• TABLE OF CONTENTS (noun)
  The noun TABLE OF CONTENTS has 1 sense:

1. a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

  Familiarity information: TABLE OF CONTENTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TABLE OF CONTENTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

contents; table of contents

Hypernyms ("table of contents" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

table; tabular array (a set of data arranged in rows and columns)

Holonyms ("table of contents" is a part of...):

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)