noun
phonebook
FOHN-buuk
noun
1
A printed or digital directory listing people's or businesses' phone numbers.
"We used to look up plumbers in the phonebook."
How to Use Phonebook
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA book (or, these days, an app or website) listing phone numbers.
When to use it
Largely a relic of the pre-internet era — most people now search online instead of using a printed phonebook.
Word Forms
phonebooked past tense, phonebooks plural, phonebooks singular
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Etymology
A straightforward compound of "phone" and "book."