switchboard

IPA: swˈɪtʃbɔrd

(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.

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.
I'll expect to hear you calling our switchboard then.
The first switchboard was operated in the home of Vera Jones.
They moved the switchboard to the Williams family front parlor.
I called the switchboard again -- this time I requested the CEO's office.
When she left, I called the switchboard and requested the Patient Advocate.
It was emblematic of the fate of the hippie movement and of the Switchboard.
So the White House switchboard is jammed, how do legitimate calls get through?
DNC should then ask the Callers to press 2, which sends them to the Rush Limbaugh's main switchboard .....
Whenever somebody called the switchboard and asked for Mr. Fuckface, the switchboard operator always put him straight through.
So, does it anger you when you call a switchboard that is located in India and the person on the other line says their name is "Bob" instead of "Brahmabrata"?