Phonebook
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfoʊnˌbʊk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phonebook is a noun meaning A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
Meaning
A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
More Meanings
- (by extension, computing) A large lookup table.
- (transitive, Kiwi Farms) To determine the identity of (an Internet user) by comparing personal information to real-world directories or databases (e.g., lists of people in phonebooks or relatives of those who have recently died).
Example Sentences
He does this by using the Domain Name System, or DNS, which is the phonebook for the Internet.
One even proposes, in a workaday monotone, that the first hundred people in any Idaho phonebook could do just as well as the legislators at making decisions in the capital.
Word Forms
- phonebooks
- phone book
- phonebooking
- phonebooked
Related Words
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