switchboard
/ˈswɪtʃbɔːd/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈswɪtʃbɔːd/
switchboard
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- 2 syllables
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- Aw vowel
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swit - chboard -> switchboard
Myanmar meaning
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switchboard /'swÇtʃbↄ:d/ n
(တယ်လီဖုန်း)စက်ခုံ၊ ခလုတ်ခုံ။ the girl on the switchboard ❍ switchboard operators
❍ The switchboard has been busy all day. ❍ Protesting viewers jammed the switchboard.
More examples
- ‘He actually worked in the centre of Birmingham on the emergency telephone switchboard.’
- ‘They jammed telephone switchboards or left town, many just huddled on their front lawns in a state of fear, resignation or hysteria.’
- ‘As well as improvements to messes, major works included installation of new switchboards, an improved stern door, removal and cleaning of both propellers, hull survey work and the addition of tank deck drains.’
- ‘The paper also quoted an unnamed American contractor who had prepared a bid to install telephone switchboards at the Qatar base.’
- ‘On the plus side, the system worked despite the switchboard and office phone system.’
- ‘That's where the workers were, that's where the telephone switchboard was, that's where the suppliers were.’
- ‘I think she still believes there are ladies with headsets and twinsets plugging away at switchboards.’
- ‘I was asked to work through to operate the telephone switchboard, and she was certainly very busy making dozens of calls.’
- ‘The tactical network consisted of satellite terminals, telephone switchboards and data network operation equipment.’
- ‘Extra personnel were dispatched to the switchboard, and nonessential telephone calls were rerouted to voice mail boxes.’
- ‘Callers jammed the switchboards of radio stations to express their shock at the fall from grace of a national hero after the news broke yesterday morning.’
- ‘Remember when the telephone industry had switchboards and operators?’
- ‘Last year the traffic on international telephone switchboards topped 100 billion for the first time.’
- ‘By 1887 there were 26, 000 telephones in use in Britain (and 150, 000 in the United States) and multiple switchboards had been installed in most major towns and cities.’
- ‘Callers were unable to get through to one of North Yorkshire Police's main switchboards when its telephone system was plunged into ‘chaos’ at the weekend.’
- ‘As manual switchboards were phased out after World War II, we started moving from analog to digital telephony.’
- ‘During WW I field telephones and switchboards were developed.’
- ‘Had the switchboard at the hotel connected her to the wrong room?’
- ‘The devices were intended to tap phone lines used by the various governments, and were reportedly installed at the building's switchboard.’
- ‘This brief account leaves the impression that the central nervous system is little more than a set of cables running up and down, with something akin to a telephone switchboard in between.’
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