SWITCHBOARD


Meaning of SWITCHBOARD in English

switch ‧ board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

a system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc, or the people who operate the system:

switchboard operators

Hundreds of callers jammed the switchboard trying to win the tickets (=there were too many calls for the switchboard to deal with) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.