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Noun: telephone exchange  'te-lu,fown iks'cheynj
  1. A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
    "The telephone company upgraded its telephone exchange to handle more calls";
    - central, exchange

Derived forms: telephone exchanges

Type of: work, workplace

Part of: phone system, telephone system

Encyclopedia: Telephone exchange