"phonebook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: phonebooks [plural]
Etymology: 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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 39
  2. (by extension, computing) A large lookup table. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Computing, Telephony Translations (large lookup table): puhelinluettelo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-phonebook-en-noun-bz1~H43l Disambiguation of Telephony: 33 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'large lookup table': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phone book Hyponyms: white pages, yellow pages Derived forms: have more chins than a Chinese phonebook

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