the central part of a telephone system used by a company, etc., where telephone 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.
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