Explore Switchboard through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like plugboard or central. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Switchboard meaning
- The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
- A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
Using Switchboard
- The main meaning on this page is: The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. | A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
- Useful related words include: patchboard, plugboard, central, telephone exchange.
- In the example corpus, switchboard often appears in combinations such as: the switchboard, telephone switchboard, switchboard in.
Context around Switchboard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Switchboard
- In this selection, "switchboard" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, telephone, electrical, bbc, operator, telephone and caught stand out and add context to how "switchboard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a single switchboard could handle and a telephone switchboard. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "switchboard" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with switchboard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The switchboard still works. (4 words)
A single switchboard could handle up to 10,000 lines. (10 words)
This is most often found in a switchboard system at a company. (12 words)
Witnesses told The Associated Press that it appeared that an electrical switchboard caught fire on the ground floor, which was also used for the parking of around 80 motorbikes and bicycles, sending thick smoke billowing through the building. (38 words)
He saw the possibility of making a documentary film about the dam and when his initial contract ended, in order to prolong his time at the dam, moved to the post of telephone switchboard operator. (35 words)
Caserta admitted to waiting until late Saturday night to dial the Landmark switchboard, only to learn that Joplin had instructed the desk clerk to get rid of all her incoming phone callers after midnight. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
This switchboard/telephone apparatus, invented by Bruce County’s Elhanans Bowman, is featured in a new ‘Made in Bruce’ exhibit that opens Jan.
Witnesses told The Associated Press that it appeared that an electrical switchboard caught fire on the ground floor, which was also used for the parking of around 80 motorbikes and bicycles, sending thick smoke billowing through the building.
Eve Galloway: "I worked on the switchboard there in the 70's Maud Matrons secretary, the great porters we used to have such fun with them.
It felt so real more than 30,000 people complained to the BBC switchboard in an hour as furious parents claimed their children had been left petrified.
Switchboard operators handling the phone contact with Layan had immediately notified ambulance workers that the little girls needed to be rescued.
The works will include the replacement of two existing transformers and the switchboard within the Witney substation compound.
In fact, he was handling the switchboard while director Sundar C was filming (2003), when he convinced the dialogue writing team to include him in a scene.
Marie Scott, 92, worked as a switchboard operator at Southwick Park, the underground headquarters based in the cliffs outside Portsmouth from where the D-Day landings were monitored.
The switchboard still works.
One of the various definitions of a telegraph operator is a person who operates a telephone switchboard.
Aftermath Corporal W. Nichorster of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals examines the telephone switchboard in the underground bunker of a German radar station at Beny-sur-Mer.
A single switchboard could handle up to 10,000 lines.
Capital's switchboard was jammed with callers wanting to know when the song was going to be released – on one occasion Everett aired the song 36 times in one day.
Caserta admitted to waiting until late Saturday night to dial the Landmark switchboard, only to learn that Joplin had instructed the desk clerk to get rid of all her incoming phone callers after midnight.
He saw the possibility of making a documentary film about the dam and when his initial contract ended, in order to prolong his time at the dam, moved to the post of telephone switchboard operator.
Small towns typically had the switchboard installed in the operator's home so that he or she could answer calls on a 24 hour basis.
The switchboard is usually designed to accommodate the operator, who sits facing it.
They found U.S. switchboard designs were more advanced but Ericsson telephones were equal to others.
This is most often found in a switchboard system at a company.
When the operator pulls down a cord, a pulley weight behind the switchboard pulls it down to prevent it from tangling.
Common combinations with switchboard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the switchboard 7×
- telephone switchboard 4×
- switchboard in 2×
- switchboard operator 2×
- switchboard is 2×