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

  • I had taken the copy of Graziani's suites off the desk, and was holding it on my lap turning over the old foxed and yellow pages.

    The Lost Stradivarius | John Meade Falkner
  • I took the book in my hand and turned over its yellow pages.

    Tales of South Africa | H.A. Bryden
  • Clinical psychologists are listed in the yellow pages under "Psychologists."

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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