Dictionary Check: switch

"switch" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

noun

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

noun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Example: "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
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hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

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railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

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a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

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a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

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