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Definitions

telephone directory

NOUN

directory of telephone numbers

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directory phone book telephone book yellow pages

WEAK

white pages

Example Sentences

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DNS acts as a kind of telephone directory for the internet, instructing machines on how to find each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

"I had Judi Dench and Maggie Smith - I could have shot the telephone directory with those two," he recalls.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

But in a working life that stretched from the 1940s into the new millennium, Mandel amassed enough credits as arranger, composer and musician to fill a small telephone directory.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020

The result was no-frills, but functional and inspiring enough to land on the cover of the telephone directory and nab design awards.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2016

The Dannenbergs rose to the top of the list by sheer proximity to the Dannemans in the telephone directory.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse