Plug — Plug, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[ o]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plug and feather — Plug Plug, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[ o]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plug centerbit — Plug Plug, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[ o]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plug rod — Plug Plug, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[ o]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plug valve — Plug Plug, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl[ o]k, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.] [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plug — [plug] n. [MDu plugge, a bung, plug, block, akin to Ger pflock] 1. an object used to stop up a hole, gap, outlet, etc. 2. a natural concretion or formation that stops up a passage, duct, etc. 3. a small wedge or segment cut from something, as… … English World dictionary
plug — [n1] stopper bung, connection, cork, filling, fitting, occlusion, river, spigot, stopple, tampon, wedge; concepts 471,836 Ant. mouth, opening plug [n2] publicity advertisement, blurb*, good word*, hype*, mention, push*, write up; concept 274 plug … New thesaurus
plug — ► NOUN 1) a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up. 2) a device consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket to make an electrical connection. 3) informal an electrical socket.… … English terms dictionary
block — [n1] mass of material bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square; concepts 470,471 block [n2] obstruction bar, barrier, blank wall, blockage, chunk, clog, hindrance,… … New thesaurus
block — I verb arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede,… … Law dictionary