wall plug

Questions about wall plug

What does wall plug mean?

wall plug means "receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices".

What is another word for wall plug?

Close synonyms include wall socket, electric outlet, electrical outlet, outlet, electric receptacle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wall plug a common word?

wall plug is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.