Usually means: Panel for controlling electrical connections.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. switchboard: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. switchboard: Merriam-Webster
  3. switchboard: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. switchboard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. switchboard: Collins English Dictionary
  6. switchboard: Vocabulary.com
  7. Switchboard, switchboard: Wordnik
  8. switchboard: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. switchboard: Wiktionary
  10. switchboard: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. switchboard: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. switchboard: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. switchboard: Dictionary.com
  14. switchboard: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Switchboard (UK), Switchboard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. switchboard: Rhymezone
  17. switchboard: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. switchboard: FreeDictionary.org
  19. switchboard: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. switchboard: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. switchboard: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. switchboard: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
▸ noun:  (electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.

Similar:
patchboard, plugboard, switch, softswitch, phone tree, brown box, phone bank, phonebank, telephone exchange, talkboard, more...

Opposite:
direct line, direct dial, private line

Types:
telephone, circuit breaker, fuse box, distribution board, consumer unit, more...

Phrases:
Switchboard operator, Telephone switchboard, switchboard operators, Electric switchboard, more...

Adjectives:
main, central, multiple, manual, small, automatic, private, electric, electrical, local, portable

Colors:
    gray,     black,     white,     silver,     beige, more...



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Similar:
patchboard, plugboard, switch, softswitch, phone tree, brown box, phone bank, phonebank, telephone exchange, talkboard, more...

Opposite:
direct line, direct dial, private line

Types:
telephone, circuit breaker, fuse box, distribution board, consumer unit, more...

Phrases:
Switchboard operator, Telephone switchboard, switchboard operators, Electric switchboard, more...

Adjectives:
main, central, multiple, manual, small, automatic, private, electric, electrical, local, portable

Colors:
    gray,     black,     white,     silver,     beige, more...



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