noun
Meaning 1
A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
phonebook
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈfoʊnˌbʊk/
noun
Meaning 2
A large lookup table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To determine the identity of (an Internet user) by comparing personal information to real-world directories or databases (e.g., lists of people in phonebooks or relatives of those who have recently died).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: Kiwi Farms
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noun
Meaning 4
a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phone book, telephone book, telephone directory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: directory
Narrower terms: white pages, yellow pages
History
Etymology
From phone + book.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: telefonkönyv — telephone directory
- Hungarian: távbeszélő-névsor — telephone directory
- Polish: książka telefoniczna — telephone directory
- Finnish: puhelinluettelo — large lookup table
- Polish: duża tablica — large lookup table