switchboard
IPA: swˈɪtʃbɔrd
noun
- (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
- (electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
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Examples of "switchboard" in Sentences
- The switchboard lit up tremendously.
- She then called the hotel switchboard.
- The Switchboard lingered on but withered.
- Trained on the tagged Switchboard corpus.
- No such blood was found on the switchboard.
- Later it was likened to a telephone switchboard.
- The fire control switchboard configured the battery.
- The first switchboard was operated in the home of Vera Jones.
- They moved the switchboard to the Williams family front parlor.
- It was emblematic of the fate of the hippie movement and of the Switchboard.