switch box

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Dr. Zinchenko tapped a switch box with the toe of her red high-heeled shoe.

From Literature

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

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

From Literature

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

Ricciardi, a lawyer before moving into film, handled the legal research and conducting interviews, while Demos, who’d been an electrician for film and TV, was responsible for almost everything else, including shooting vérité-style on a borrowed camera -- shakier than usual because the budget didn't allow for a harness -- and controlling the switch box between the two courtroom cameras for the reporter’s pool. 

From Los Angeles Times