telephone directory

Frequency: 8.018.5 per million words

A book or service that lists telephone numbers for a particular area.

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Examples (20)

  • Before the internet, everyone used a telephone directory to find numbers.
  • I need to find their address; let me check the telephone directory.
  • Could you please look up their address in the local telephone directory?
  • Do you have a local telephone directory I can borrow?
  • The pages of the old telephone directory were yellowed with age.
  • Before the internet, people relied heavily on the telephone directory.
  • A new telephone directory is published and delivered to residents each year.
  • The restaurant's number should be in the yellow pages section of the telephone directory.
  • I found the plumber's contact information in the business section of the telephone directory.
  • Most people now use online services instead of a physical telephone directory.
  • Many people now prefer online searches over a physical telephone directory.
  • He couldn't find his name listed in the public telephone directory.
  • The hotel keeps a current telephone directory at the front desk for guests.
  • She spent an hour poring over the old telephone directory.
  • He was unlisted, so his name didn't appear in the public telephone directory.
  • You can pick up a new telephone directory at the post office.
  • As a child, I was fascinated by the sheer size of the city's telephone directory.
  • The city's telephone directory was a thick, heavy book.
  • With the rise of mobile phones, the traditional telephone directory has become less common.
  • Is there still such a thing as a printed telephone directory?