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Definition of Phonebook

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

Definition of Phonebook

1. Noun. A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district. ¹

2. Noun. (by extension) A large lookup table. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonebook

Literary usage of Phonebook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dutch Type by Jan Middendorp (2004)
"... or poetry - the typeface being too business-like, in his opinion -and Majoor would later draw Seria for precisely that purpose. The phonebook type ..."

2. Buenos Aires and the Best of Argentina Alive! by Arnold Greenberg (2000)
"... the phonebook and you'll find as many Italian surnames as Spanish ones. You'll also find many British, German, Jewish and Japanese names. ..."

3. Mobilisation: The Growing Public Interest in Mobile Technology by James Harkin (2003)
"The mobile phone effectively serves as a technological reminder of the network of friends and loved ones stored within its phonebook. ..."

4. Republic by Charles Edward Sheehan-miles (2007)
"GREENFIELD, I'm in the phonebook. How do I spell your name?" A sardonic smile on his face, the older one handed her a business card. ..."

5. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J Schneider (2006)
"Cooney added a phonebook to his. "Phone book?" questioned the old, weathered waitress too large for her apron. "Who you looking for?" "My uncle, Sal Conrad. ..."

6. CyberRisk '96 Proceedings: Tools for Reducing Risk and Building Ethical by National Computer Security Association (1998)
"... facilities may be subject to criminal or civil legal action in addition to University disciplinary action. http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/phone/phonebook/ ..."

7. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards, Dept. of by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... this system would be developed and engineered into a phonebook- sized "opto-electronic processing box" connected by fiber optics to a 10-cm by 2-cm tube ..."

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