wall plug

noun

A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor.

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rawl plugwall socketelectric outletelectrical outletoutletelectric receptacle

Meanings

nounwall plug (plural wall plugs)

plural wall plugs · alternative wallplug

  1. UKA fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor.

    Synonyms: rawl plug

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

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wall socketelectric outletelectrical outletoutletelectric receptacle
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian дюбел, контакт
  • дюбел (djubel)fixing
  • контакт (kontakt)electric socket
Finnish seinätulppa, kiinnitystulppa
  • seinätulppafixing
  • kiinnitystulppafixing
  • pistorasiaelectric socket
French cheville
  • chevillefixing
German Dübel, Schraubdübel
  • Dübelfixing
  • Schraubdübelfixing
  • Wanddübelfixing
  • Metalldübelfixing
  • Kunststoffdübelfixing
  • Steckdoseelectric socket
Greek ούπα, ούπατ
  • ούπα (oúpa)fixing
  • ούπατ (oúpat)fixing
  • πρίζα (príza)electric socket
  • ρευματοδότης (revmatodótis)electric socket
Hebrew דִּיבֵּל
  • דִּיבֵּל (díbel)fixing
Hungarian tipli, dübel
  • tiplifixing
  • dübelfixing
Polish kołek rozporowy, gniazdo elektryczne
  • kołek rozporowyfixing
  • gniazdo elektryczneelectric socket
Portuguese bucha
  • buchafixing
Spanish tarugo, tomacorriente
  • tarugofixing
  • tomacorrienteelectric socket
Vietnamese tắc-kê
  • tắc-kêfixing
Cite this entry
APA

wall plug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20plug

MLA

“wall plug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20plug. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wall plug,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20plug.

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