rawl plug

noun

A wall plug; a screw anchor.

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Meanings

nounrawl plug (plural rawl plugs)

plural rawl plugs

  1. A wall plug; a screw anchor.

    In the morning, Mark found himself up a ladder in the hall with a drill, a pocketful of Rawl plugs and a mouthful of language.

    2006, John Gregory Betancourt, Sean Wallace, Horror: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition
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    After a large lunch in her kitchen, she showed me up to the bathroom with the collapsing shelf. She had bought a box of rawl plugs […]

    1983, David Plante, Difficult women: a memoir of three

    Andrew Wade, the Head of Voice at the RSC, had the brilliant idea of using the small plastic tubes you can buy in DIY shops, to cut up and use as rawl plugs […]

    2002, Barbara Houseman, Finding your voice: a step-by-step guide for actors

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wall plug

Origin

From Rawlplug (“a trademark”); from the name of the original inventor, John Joseph Rawlings, and plug.

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APA

rawl plug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rawl%20plug

MLA

“rawl plug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rawl%20plug. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rawl plug,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rawl%20plug.

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