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

• Bulgarian: дюбел (bg) m (djubel)
• Finnish: seinätulppa, kiinnitystulppa
• French: cheville (fr) f
• German: Dübel (de) m, Schraubdübel m, Wanddübel m, Metalldübel m, Kunststoffdübel (de) m
• Greek: ούπα (el) n (oúpa), ούπατ (el) (oúpat)
• Hebrew: דִּיבֵּל (he) m (díbel)
• Hungarian: tipli (hu), dübel
• Polish: kołek rozporowy m inan
• Portuguese: bucha (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: tìpl (sh) m
• Spanish: tarugo (es) m
• Vietnamese: tắc-kê

electric socket — see also socket

• Bulgarian: контакт (bg) m (kontakt)
• Finnish: pistorasia (fi)
• German: Steckdose (de) f
• Greek: πρίζα (el) f (príza), ρευματοδότης (el) (revmatodótis)
• Polish: gniazdo elektryczne n
• Spanish: tomacorriente (es) m

Further reading

• wall plug on Wikipedia.Wikipedia