"wall plug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wall plugs [plural], wallplug [alternative]
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 Translations (fixing): seinätulppa (Finnish), kiinnitystulppa (Finnish), cheville [feminine] (French), Dübel [masculine] (German), Schraubdübel [masculine] (German), Wanddübel [masculine] (German), ούπα (oúpa) [neuter] (Greek), ούπατ (oúpat) (Greek), tipli (Hungarian), dübel (Hungarian), bucha [feminine] (Portuguese), tìpl [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tarugo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wall_plug-en-noun-lNF8SEoX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'fixing': 92 8
  2. (US) An electric socket. Tags: US Translations (electric socket): pistorasia (Finnish), πρίζα (príza) [feminine] (Greek), ρευματοδότης (revmatodótis) (Greek), tomacorriente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wall_plug-en-noun-ctDvRXWP Categories (other): American English, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'electric socket': 3 97

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "wall",
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