phonebook
US/ˈfoʊnˌbʊk/
phonebook noun: a directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
Noun
phonebook (plural phonebooks)
- A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
- One even proposes, in a workaday monotone, that the first hundred people in any Idaho phonebook could do just as well as the legislators at making decisions in the capital.2007 June 13, Virginia Heffernan, “Doing the People's Business, in All Its Somnolent Glory”, in New York Times
- A large lookup table.
- He does this by using the Domain Name System, or DNS, which is the phonebook for the Internet.2007 July 9, John Markoff, “Fixing Typos by Web Users, Without Raising Hackles”, in New York Times
Verb
phonebook (third-person singular simple present phonebooks, present participle phonebooking, simple past and past participle phonebooked)
- 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).
Forms of phonebook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | phonebooks |
| alternative form | phone book |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | phonebooks |
| present participle | phonebooking |
| past participle | phonebooked |
| past | phonebooked |
Origin of phonebook
From phone + book.
Words formed from phonebook
Phrases with phonebook
- had more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- has more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- having more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- had got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- has got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- having got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
Questions about phonebook
- What does phonebook mean?
- Phonebook means a directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
- What part of speech is phonebook?
- Phonebook can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce phonebook?
- Phonebook is pronounced /ˈfoʊnˌbʊk/ (US).
- What is the plural of phonebook?
- The plural of phonebook is phonebooks.
Words near phonebook in the dictionary
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