message center

American  

noun

1. an office or other area where incoming and outgoing messages, mail, etc., are received and transmitted, as by telephone, computer, or messenger.

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Etymology

Origin of message center

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Gardner suggests covering frames with wallpaper, whiteboard or chalkboard paint to create a message center or art piece.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Internal investigators searched the department’s message center and found a bulletin issued in 2012 warning officers of a “revolver knife” capable of firing .22 caliber cartridges.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2015

Subaran notes that such a message center is another popular feature in today’s kitchens.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2015

This quiet, unassuming priest had become a message center for the Solidarity underground, keeping activists in touch with one another.

From Time Magazine Archive

An aide hurried in from the adjoining message center and handed the chairman a paper.

From I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon by Freas, Kelly