switchboard
noun/ˈswɪtʃbɔːd/
/ˈswɪtʃbɔːrd/
- the central part of a phone system used by a company, etc., where phone calls are answered and put through (= connected) to the appropriate person or department; the people who work this equipment
- a switchboard operator
- Call the switchboard and ask for extension 410.
- Hundreds of fans jammed the switchboard for over an hour.
- The BBC switchboard was jammed with furious calls.
- the girl on the switchboard
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- telephone
- call
- ring
- flood
- …
- light up
- operator
- on a/the switchboard
- through a/the switchboard
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