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telephone exchange

 
 
noun [C] COMMUNICATIONS

Definition

a building containing equipment for connecting phone calls: Most telephone exchanges in rural areas have been converted to deal with broadband connections.
(Definition of telephone exchange noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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