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switch·board  (swchbôrd, -brd)
n.
1. One or more panels accommodating control switches, indicators, and other apparatus for operating electric circuits.

switchboard [ˈswɪtʃˌbɔːd]
n
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc., at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled
2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) an assembly of switchgear for the control of power supplies in an installation or building
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.switchboardswitchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
central, telephone exchange, exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
phone system, telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points
Translations
switchboard [ˈswɪtʃbɔːd]
A. N (Telec) (at exchange) → central f; (in offices) → centralita f, conmutador m (LAm)
B. CPD switchboard operator Ntelefonista mf

switchboard [ˈswɪtʃbɔːrd] nstandard m
switchboard operator nstandardiste mf

switchboard [ˈswɪtʃˌbɔːd] ncentralino
switchboard [ˈswɪtʃˌbɔːd] ncentralino

switchboard لوحة مفاتيح تحكم telefonní ústředna omstillingsbord Vermittlung τηλεφωνικό κέντρο centralita, conmutador puhelinvaihde standard razvodna ploča centralino 電話交換台 전화 교환대 schakelbord sentralbord centrala telefoniczna mesa telefónica, mesa telefônica коммутатор växel แผงสายโทรศัพท์ santral tổng đài điện thoại 总机


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To secure public sympathy for Drawbaugh, it was said that he had invented a complete telephone and switchboard before 1876, but was in such "utter and abject poverty" that he could not get himself a patent.
 
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