switchboard

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To transmit or relay through, as if through, a switchboard.

Synonyms

manual exchange

commutator

telephone exchange

patchboard

panel

plugboard

exchange operator

switch

switch box

switching center

telephone

☎️

control board

distributing board

switching equipment

telephone switchboard

board

telephone switching system

central office

control panel

exchanger

instrument panel

interchanger

sounding board

Translations

centralino

cuadro de distribución

Schalttafel

standard téléphonique

standard

Schaltbrett

Schaltschrank

central

centraleta

commutatore

centralita

Hauszentrale

Vermittlung

Telefonzentrale

central téléphonique

Etymology

From switch + board.