yellow pages

noun

a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising

• Hypernyms: ↑phonebook, ↑phone book, ↑telephone book, ↑telephone directory

* * *

noun

the yellow pages (or the Yellow Pages)

: a phone book or part of a phone book that is printed on yellow paper, that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of businesses, organizations, etc., according to what they sell or provide, and that includes advertisements

◇ In British English, Yellow Pages is a trademark. — compare ↑white pages

* * *

ˌYellow ˈPages [Yellow Pages] ™ (BrE) (NAmE ˌyellow ˈpages) noun plural

a book with yellow pages that gives a list of companies and organizations and their telephone numbers, arranged according to the type of services they offer

•

If you need a plumber look in the Yellow Pages.

 

Culture:

There are different versions of the Yellow Pages for each area of the country. In Britain the company that publishes the Yellow Pages, Yell Limited, also provides business telephone numbers and addresses through its Yell website. In the US, the same company publishes the Yellow Book™, a popular type of Yellow Pages, and operates an Internet service by the same name. A well-known advertisement for the Yellow Pages uses the phrase ‘Let your fingers do the walking’