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The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.
Mortimer Adler

Meaning of "telephone book" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TELEPHONE BOOK

telephone book  [ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn bʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELEPHONE BOOK

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Telephone book is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TELEPHONE BOOK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

telephone book

Telephone directory

A telephone directory, also known as a telephone book, telephone address book, phone book, or the white/yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by name and address to be found. The advent of the Internet and smart phones in the 21st century greatly reduced the need for a paper phone book. Some communities, such as Seattle and San Francisco, sought to ban their unsolicited distribution as wasteful, unwanted and harmful to the environment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELEPHONE BOOK


book
bʊk
cookbook
ˈkʊkbʊk
Facebook
ˈfeɪsˌbʊk
guestbook
ˈɡɛstˌbʊk
guidebook
ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk
handbook
ˈhændˌbʊk
logbook
ˈlɒɡˌbʊk
netbook
ˈnɛtˌbʊk
notebook
ˈnəʊtˌbʊk
playbook
ˈpleɪˌbʊk
pocketbook
ˈpɒkɪtˌbʊk
scrapbook
ˈskræpˌbʊk
sketchbook
ˈskɛtʃˌbʊk
songbook
ˈsɒŋˌbʊk
storybook
ˈstɔːrɪˌbʊk
stylebook
ˈstaɪlˌbʊk
textbook
ˈtɛkstˌbʊk
workbook
ˈwɜːkˌbʊk
yearbook
ˈjɪəˌbʊk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELEPHONE BOOK

telephone answering machine
telephone banking
telephone booth
telephone box
telephone call
telephone directory
telephone exchange
telephone kiosk
telephone line
telephone message
telephone number
telephone numbers
telephone operator
telephone pole
telephone sales
telephone selling
telephone service
telephone set
telephone sex
telephone sex line

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELEPHONE BOOK

a closed book
address book
an open book
audio book
black book
closed book
coloring book
comic book
cookery book
e-book
grade book
in my book
library book
make a book
open book
paperback book
phone book
picture book
record book
road book
the book

Synonyms and antonyms of telephone book in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «telephone book» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TELEPHONE BOOK

Find out the translation of telephone book to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of telephone book from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «telephone book» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

电话簿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

directorio telefónico
570 millions of speakers

English

telephone book
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेलीफोन किताब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دليل الهاتف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

телефонная книга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lista telefônica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেলিফোন বই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

annuaire téléphonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buku telefon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Telefonbuch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

電話帳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전화 번호부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buku telpon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sổ điện thoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைபேசி புத்தகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेलिफोन बुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

telefon rehberi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rubrica telefonica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

książka telefoniczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телефонна книга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carte de telefon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλεφωνικού καταλόγου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telefoon boek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telefonbok
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

telefonkatalogen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of telephone book

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEPHONE BOOK»

The term «telephone book» is regularly used and occupies the 77.630 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEPHONE BOOK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «telephone book» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «telephone book» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about telephone book

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QUOTES WITH «TELEPHONE BOOK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word telephone book.
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Mortimer Adler
The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELEPHONE BOOK»

Discover the use of telephone book in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to telephone book and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech
The Telephone Book, itself organized by a "telephonic logic," fields calls from philosophy, history, literature, and psychoanalysis.
Avital Ronell, 1989
2
The Telephone Book
Telephone conversations between Ed Friedman and various people from December, 1977 to February 11, 1978.
Ed Friedman, 1979
3
The Telephone Book
Janey and her family buy a new telephone for their home after examining many different kinds.
Maida Silverman, Ethel Gold, 1987
4
Clifford the Big Red Dog Telephone Book
Introduces Emily Elizabeth's dog, Clifford, and the things they like to do together.
Brooke Hessel, 2002
5
The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That ...
Yes, the phone book. With his signature combination of humor, curiosity, and passion for combing the dustbins of history, Shea offers readers a guided tour into the surprising, strange, and often hilarious history of the humble phone book.
Ammon Shea, 2010
6
The Telephone Book
A touch and feel book by the author of Pat the Bunny allows little hands to mail a letter, answer a telephone, and more in a story where Paul and Judy are babysitting Little Timmy.
‎1998
7
Batman: Tell-a-riddle Telephone Book
"This product uses three AG-13 button cell batteries"-- P. [2] of cover.
Terry Kavanagh, 2002
8
Arenas of Language Use
What most current models of comprehension add is an elaborate kind of telephone book. In a definite reference like the man in the red shirt, Bob is told the name and address of the individual whose referential index he is seeking. All he needs ...
Herbert H. Clark, 1992
9
The Address & Telephone Book
This exquisitely presented book is ideal for recording all those special days throughout the year.
BHB International, 1997
10
Survey Research: In-person, Mail, Telephone and Web Methods
The local telephone book has listed telephone numbers only. Therefore, it does not represent the population of resident telephone lines. The "yellow pages" of a telephone book can be used if your population is business listed in the "yellow ...
‎2003

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELEPHONE BOOK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term telephone book is used in the context of the following news items.
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At $400m, data retention will be more than a 'telephone book'
"We use it [metadata] as frequently as any of us in the old days used to go and look up a telephone book. But we don't have telephone books in the same way for ... «iT News, Feb 15»
2
Asio boss: accessing metadata is like looking up a telephone book
We use it as frequently as any of us in the old days used to go and look up a telephone book. But we don't have telephone books in the same way for all of this ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
3
Cyberspace swallows Toronto's phone book
The telephone book white pages — a household icon started in 1879 that not only enabled ... The phone book for businesses, the yellow pages, is still slated for ... «Toronto Star, May 10»

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