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PATCHBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patchboard mean? 

PATCHBOARD (noun)
  The noun PATCHBOARD has 1 sense:

1. telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcordsplay

  Familiarity information: PATCHBOARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PATCHBOARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

patchboard; plugboard; switchboard

Hypernyms ("patchboard" is a kind of...):

central; exchange; telephone exchange (a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication)

Holonyms ("patchboard" is a part of...):

phone system; telephone system (a communication system that transmits sound between distant points)


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