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switchboard
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
switchboard
(noun)
switchboard
/
ˈ
swɪtʃˌboɚd/
noun
plural
switchboards
switchboard
/
ˈ
swɪtʃˌboɚd/
noun
plural
switchboards
Britannica Dictionary definition of SWITCHBOARD
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]
:
a system used to connect telephone calls with many separate phone lines in a building
She used to work as a
switchboard
operator.
Angry callers flooded/jammed the company's
switchboard
. [=made telephone calls to the company]
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