"phonebook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfoʊnˌbʊk/ [General-American] Forms: phonebooks [plural], phone book [alternative]
Etymology: From phone + book. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|phone|book}} phone + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} phonebook (plural phonebooks)
  1. A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
    Sense id: en-phonebook-en-noun-j7KsCGcL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Telephony Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Telephony: 61 39
  2. (by extension, computing) A large lookup table. Tags: broadly Translations (large lookup table): puhelinluettelo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-phonebook-en-noun-bz1~H43l Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'large lookup table': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: white pages, yellow pages Derived forms: have more chins than a Chinese phonebook

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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