switchboard
noun
switch·board
ˈswich-ˌbȯrd 
: an apparatus (as in a telephone exchange) consisting of a panel on which are mounted electric switches so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected, combined, and controlled
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She used to work as a switchboard operator.
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During past technological revolutions, scientists, as well as popular culture, tended to explore the idea that the human brain could be understood as analogous to one new machine after another: a clock, a switchboard, a computer.
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Iddo Gefen, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
What the threats said The most hostile threat came to the City Hall switchboard on the morning of Dec. 16, the day before the City Council was to vote on a zoning change for Morse Village.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The phone number listed turned out to be the main switchboard for the Trump International Hotel in Chicago, where Ahmed used to own a condo.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
There was a little bit of an Inside Out-esque vibe in the mind’s switchboard.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Iddo Gefen, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
What the threats said The most hostile threat came to the City Hall switchboard on the morning of Dec. 16, the day before the City Council was to vote on a zoning change for Morse Village.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The phone number listed turned out to be the main switchboard for the Trump International Hotel in Chicago, where Ahmed used to own a condo.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
There was a little bit of an Inside Out-esque vibe in the mind’s switchboard.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for switchboard
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“Switchboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switchboard. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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switchboard
noun
switch·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a device (as in a telephone exchange) consisting of a panel on which are mounted electric switches so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected, combined, and controlled
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