"wall plug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wall plugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wall plug (plural wall plugs)
  1. (UK) A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor. Tags: UK Synonyms: rawl plug, wallplug Translations: seinätulppa (Finnish), kiinnitystulppa (Finnish), pistorasia (Finnish), cheville [feminine] (French), Dübel [masculine] (German), Schraubdübel [masculine] (German), Wanddübel [masculine] (German), ούπα (oúpa) [neuter] (Greek), ούπατ (oúpat) (Greek), πρίζα (príza) [feminine] (Greek), ρευματοδότης (revmatodótis) (Greek), tipli (Hungarian), dübel (Hungarian), bucha [feminine] (Portuguese), tìpl [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-wall_plug-en-noun-lNF8SEoX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. (US) An electric socket. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-wall_plug-en-noun-ctDvRXWP Categories (other): American English

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