switchboard
noun
a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
switchboards
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pluralof switchboard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With no industry experience, Johnson simply called the switchboards of the UK's biggest record companies.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
His team is now looking at how these little switchboards can be controlled by the brain.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023
Moreover, most people “overwhelmingly prefer to interact with a live person when dealing with customer service centers,” meaning consumers despise those god-awful automated switchboards beloved by penny-pinching businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
In Buffalo, the Courier-Express and Evening News switchboards were flooded with callers, as was the local NBC affiliate.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2019
We were letting the soldiers man the switchboards because I hadn’t been able to face the idea of going back into that room.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
