switchboard

English Thesaurus

1. telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	central, exchange, telephone exchange,
definition	:	a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	phone system, telephone system,
definition	:	a communication system that transmits sound between distant points (noun.artifact)