phone book

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fohn boo k]
- /foʊn bʊk/
- /fəʊn bʊk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fohn boo k]
- /foʊn bʊk/

Definitions of phone book words

noun phone book telephone book. 1
noun phone book telephone directory 1
countable noun phone book A phone book is a book that contains an alphabetical list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the people in a town or area. 0
noun phone book a directory listing telephone numbers 0
noun phone book telephone book 0

See all 5 definitions of phone book

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Origin of phone book

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Phone book

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Phone book

phone book popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

phone book usage trend in Literature

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