Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rawl plug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: rawl -plug
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wall plug; a screw anchor.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"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."
"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 […]"

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

rawl plugs (plural)

Questions

What does rawl plug mean?: A wall plug; a screw anchor.
Where does rawl plug come from?: From Rawlplug (“a trademark”); from the name of the original inventor, John Joseph Rawlings, and plug.

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