switchboard operatornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈswɪtʃ.bɔːd ˌɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us/ˈswɪtʃ.bɔːrd ˌɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/a person whose job is to receive phone calls and connect them to other numbers
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - by telephone
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- bell
- break
- break up
- cold-calling
- conference call
- connection
- cut
- dialling code
- give sb a buzz idiom
- hash
- hold
- ICE (number)
- put sb through
- put sth down 1
- telecommuting
- tinkle
- top-up card
- transfer
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