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switchboard

[ swich-bawrd, -bohrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Electricity.

a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
Also called lightboard. a panel of switches, dimmers, etc., for controlling the lighting on a stage or in an auditorium.

switchboard

/ ˈswɪtʃˌbɔːd /

an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled
an assembly of switchgear for the control of power supplies in an installation or building

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; switch + board

There's even some of those crazy vertical switchboard doodads.

Then Abdullah called for one of his private secretaries to hand over his name and an all-hours royal-switchboard telephone number.

There was a small thing which looked like the switchboard of a telegraph office.

The great window of the pilot room disclosed the pilot seats and the great switchboard to one side.

As his watch told him that Tom must be nearing the bottom he seated himself by the switchboard, headphones clamped over his ears.

The huge cables that brought the electric current to the switchboard lay molten on the floor.

It was his impression, the switchboard operator's impression that it was some long distance.

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