wall plug

See also: wallplug

English

Alternative forms

• wallplug

Noun

wall plug (plural wall plugs)

1. (UK) A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor.
2. (US) An electric socket.

Synonyms

• rawl plug

Translations

fixing — see also dowel

• Finnish: seinätulppa, kiinnitystulppa
• French: cheville (fr) f
• German: Dübel (de) m, Schraubdübel m, Wanddübel m
• Greek: ούπα (el) n (oúpa), ούπατ (el) (oúpat)
• Hungarian: tipli (hu), dübel
• Portuguese: bucha (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: tìpl (sh) m
• Spanish: tarugo (es) m

electric socket — see also socket

• Finnish: pistorasia (fi)
• Greek: πρίζα (el) f (príza), ρευματοδότης (el) (revmatodótis)
• Spanish: tomacorriente (es) m

Further reading

• wall plug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia