SWITCHBOARD

switchboard, patchboard, plugboard

(noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

switchboard (plural switchboards)

(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.

(electronics) A device that directs electricity from one source to another.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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