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patchboard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun patchboard has 1 sense
- patchboard(n = noun.artifact) plugboard, switchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords; Array is a kind of central, exchange, telephone exchange
is a part of phone system, telephone system
CIDE DICTIONARY
patchboard, n.
A circuit board where circuits are completed and modified by making connections with patchcords. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
patchboard, n. a board with electrical sockets linked to enable changeable permutations of connection.
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