switchboard
pronunciation
How to pronounce switchboard in British English:
UK [ˈswɪtʃbɔ:d]
How to pronounce switchboard in American English:
US [ˈswɪtʃbɔrd]
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- Noun:
- telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
Word Origin
- switchboard (n.)
- also switch-board, "device for making interchangeable connections between many circuits," 1867, from switch (n.) + board (n.1).
Example
- 1. A switchboard looks more interesting .
- 2. This happens when someone who does not know my direct line calls into our switchboard .
- 3. Jim took those three trinkets to the switchboard where juna worked and laid them down .
- 4. Today indian television contacted sadatullah after being given his number by the pakistani army switchboard . He hung up .
- 5. Adia has never disclosed its overall size or issued reports , and until may 2008 its website was rudimentary , listing only its name , address and switchboard number .