TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone directory mean? 

• TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (noun)
  The noun TELEPHONE DIRECTORY has 1 sense:

1. a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers

  Familiarity information: TELEPHONE DIRECTORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

phone book; phonebook; telephone book; telephone directory

Hypernyms ("telephone directory" is a kind of...):

directory (an alphabetical list of names and addresses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone directory"):

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)