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switch box

American  

noun

  1. a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.


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In 2017 a city contractor painted over a work on an electric switch box near an arts college, damaging it beyond repair.

From New York Times Jul. 17, 2022

As I backed away a sailor was wrenching from the wall some sort of a switch box that hampered our rescue work.

From Washington Times Nov. 28, 2017

The company had to install a three-thousand-pound switch box to handle the electric current.

From Slate Jan. 8, 2016

A switch box was replaced, and new wiring installed.

From Salon May 16, 2011

Akimi was standing next to a wall-mounted switch box.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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