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Noun: switchboard  'swich,bord
  1. Telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
    "The operator connected calls at the switchboard";
    - patchboard, plugboard

Derived forms: switchboards

Type of: central, exchange, telephone exchange

Part of: phone system, telephone system

Encyclopedia: Switchboard