switchboard

From switch +‎ board.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/

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switchboard (plural switchboards)

1. (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
2. (electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.

switchboard (third-person singular simple present switchboards, present participle switchboarding, simple past and past participle switchboarded)

1. (transitive) To transmit or relay through, as if through, a switchboard.