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Meanings of
phonebook
in English
Portuguese
lista telefónica
Catalan
guia telefònica
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A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers.
phone book
telephone book
telephone directory
Portuguese
lista telefónica
Usage of
phonebook
in English
1
The agents stood outside, angry and dismayed, visible through the
phonebook
-
thick
bulletproof glass.
2
Let's hit him back with a
phonebook
to wade through.
3
He shelved the phone and opened the
phonebook
,
located the number to the sheriff's office.
4
Her friend took three steps behind the counter and returned with a thick, metropolitan
phonebook
.
5
After a few bites he went upstairs to his office and returned with a
phonebook
.
6
I love sad songs, and Bonnie's voice… I could listen to her singing the
phonebook
.
7
Rangel pulled out his tiny
phonebook
from his back pocket and dialed the university morgue.
8
He hung up and lifted the
phonebook
again.
9
He dropped the
phonebook
,
let it dangle from its metal cord, his forehead resting against the cool glass.
10
I could tell that I had lost him, but at least they weren't hitting me with that
phonebook
.
11
Well, a quick perusal of the local
phonebook
yielded up one Shangrila and a couple of Mount Carmels.
12
When their Tongan students arrived they looked through the
phonebook
and found one listing belonging to a Tongan Methodist church.
13
He needed a
phonebook
.
14
Look in the
phonebook
.
15
There was a bloody
phonebook
,
a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a five-gallon bucket of water sitting in the corner.
16
The pitch they made was simple, if not exactly intuitive: Choose better care and service over a thicker
phonebook
of doctors.
Other examples for "phonebook"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
phonebook
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
bloody phonebook
drop the phonebook
local phonebook
metropolitan phonebook
need a phonebook
More collocations
Translations for
phonebook
Portuguese
lista telefónica
lista telefonica
lista telefônica
catálogo telefônico
Catalan
guia telefònica
guia de telèfons
agenda
llista de telèfons
Phonebook
through the time