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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
telephone directory
noun
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▪ A telephone directory has value because of the energy it saves a caller in finding a particular phone number.
▪ Diana and Carolyn would regularly while away a quiet evening ringing people with silly names who appeared in the telephone directory.
▪ Illiterates can not look up numbers in a telephone directory.
▪ The other method for collecting facts about potential purchasers is through published lists - like the telephone directory or the electoral register.
▪ Very thoughtfully, she turned to the telephone directory and looked up the name.
Wiktionary
telephone directory

n. A listing of telephone subscribers in a specific geographical area, together with their telephone numbers and, sometimes, a street address.

WordNet
telephone directory

n. a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers [syn: phonebook, phone book, telephone book]

Wikipedia
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.

Usage examples of "telephone directory".

He needed to begin somewhere, however, and the telephone directory was the most logical starting point.

The faculty telephone directory is divided into departments, the members of each department listed in alphabetical order.

The industrious dog was carrying the telephone directory in his jaws.

Back at my motel, I looked in the Chicago telephone directory for a Gratuity Insurance.

Anne Summerton was not in the telephone directory, so that ploy had failed.

It was over two weeks before they gave me enough time off to visit Kensington Post Office and check through the London telephone directory.

There were other Easemans listed in the telephone directory which Doc Savage had consulted, but none resided on Central Park West.

She looked in the telephone directory, but there was no Bobby Cotterel.

Pip found two names in the telephone directory that might helpone is Rodney, the other is Roderick.

Parker said, and opened his desk drawer and pulled out a worn telephone directory.