plug

The word “plug” means a device with pins that connects an appliance to an electrical socket. In plain terms, an object (or the electrical connector) that fills a gap or makes a connection, or the act of blocking a hole, connecting power, or promoting something.

“Plug” is pronounced pluhg (/plʌɡ/ in IPA).

Here is “plug” used in a sentence: “The plug wouldn't fit the socket, so we used an adapter.”

Words with a similar meaning to “plug” include soldier on, pound, sleep with and 🔌.

Depending on how it is used, “plug” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “plug” comes from Dutch. Borrowed from Dutch "plug", meaning a peg or stopper.

“Plug” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Plug” has 6 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a device with pins that connects an appliance to an electrical socket.

A plug is the device with pins that connects an appliance to power, while a socket is the fixture on the wall that the plug fits into. In simple terms, the plug is the male part that goes into the female socket.

A plug is the pinned device attached to an appliance's cord, whereas an outlet is the wall fitting that receives it, the same thing British English calls a socket. The plug is the movable part and the outlet stays fixed in the wall.

Plug has two related meanings: a pinned device that connects an appliance to an electrical socket, and an object used to fill or block a hole. Both senses share the idea of fitting one thing snugly into another to make a connection or a seal.

In the sense of an object used to fill or block a hole, a plug can be made of many materials and used in many settings. A cork is a specific kind of plug, usually made from cork bark and used mainly to seal bottles.