"telephone book" meaning in All languages combined

See telephone book on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: telephone books [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} telephone book (plural telephone books)
  1. A printed telephone directory. Hyponyms: yellow pages, white pages
    Sense id: en-telephone_book-en-noun-14vdagRX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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