wall plug

noun

: an electric receptacle in a wall

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The prongs of its wall plug fold from flush against the charger to 180-degrees out, to allow the charger to fit easily into wall outlets, desk plugs and tight spaces behind furniture or inside travel and carry-on bags, while ensuring the display always faces forward for easy viewing. Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026 Great for international and domestic trips alike, this mighty wall plug adapter—which is currently on sale for $23—has four different plugs that are compatible with outlets in over 150 countries. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026 Although one can, say, program a robot to search for a wall plug when its battery gets low, a living thing (a human programmer, for example) must hard-code that need into the machine. Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025 The tester sits between your device and the wall plug. David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wall plug

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wall plug was in 1888

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“Wall plug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20plug. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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