yellow pages


plural noun(often initial capital letters)
  1. a classified telephone directory or section of a directory, listing subscribers by the type of business or service they offer, usually printed on yellow paper.

Origin of yellow pages

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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How to use yellow pages in a sentence

  • She spread the blushing sheet triumphantly over the yellow page.

    The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
  • Two or three tears fell over the wrinkled face, written close with the past, like a yellow page from an old diary.

    The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories | Margaret Collier Graham
  • A second later he was digging a dusty book out of a dusty pile, and in a moment was running his fingers down a yellow page.

    The Car That Went Abroad | Albert Bigelow Paine
  • As she stared at the yellow page, Joan was seized with such an amazing inspiration that she trembled, just thinking of it.

    Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds
  • A phrase, "Babylonish women," crept into his mind from some old yellow page.

    The Happy End | Joseph Hergesheimer

British Dictionary definitions for Yellow Pages

Yellow Pages

pl n
  1. trademark a classified telephone directory, often printed on yellow paper, that lists subscribers by the business or service provided

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