telephone directory — A book or database containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their phone numbers
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: A book or database containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their phone numbers
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈtelɪfoʊn dɪˈrektəri/
Korean meaning: 전화번호부, 전화가입자들의 이름과 번호를 알파벳순으로 정리한 책이나 데이터베이스
Korean pronunciation: **텔**리폰 디**렉**토리
Example Sentences
- My grandmother still keeps a telephone directory next to her landline phone, even though she has a smartphone.
- The telephone directory was so thick that Tom used it as a booster seat for his short friend at dinner.
- She accidentally used the old telephone directory as kindling for the fireplace, burning away thousands of phone numbers.
telephone directory
NOUN//ˈtelɪfoʊn dɪˈrektəri//
A book or database containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their phone numbers
A book or database containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their phone numbers
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Origin
telephone은 그리스어 'tele'(멀리)와 'phone'(소리)의 결합이고, directory는 라틴어 'dirigere'(안내하다)에서 유래되어 '멀리 있는 소리를 안내하는 책'이라는 의미로 발전했습니다.
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“My grandmother still keeps a telephone directory next to her landline phone, even though she has a smartphone.”
“The telephone directory was so thick that Tom used it as a booster seat for his short friend at dinner.”
“She accidentally used the old telephone directory as kindling for the fireplace, burning away thousands of phone numbers.”
“The telephone directory search revealed that three people with the same name lived in the same neighborhood.”
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