TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone exchange mean? 

• TELEPHONE EXCHANGE (noun)
  The noun TELEPHONE EXCHANGE has 1 sense:

1. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

  Familiarity information: TELEPHONE EXCHANGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONE EXCHANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

central; exchange; telephone exchange

Hypernyms ("telephone exchange" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone exchange"):

centrex ((CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange)

patchboard; plugboard; switchboard (telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords)

Holonyms ("telephone exchange" is a part of...):

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