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plughole en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From plug + hole.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US)
    • The plughole started to slurp loudly as the water went down it. 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 28, in Small Island, London: Review, page 295:
    • He jabbed his fingers into his hair and worked the dirt from the follicles, watched it swirl away down the plughole, sandy granules, flakes of dust and ash. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 199:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
plug-hole alternative lexicographic
plug hole alternative lexicographic
plugholes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

down the plughole

Translations (2)

pl otwór odpływowy (drain hole of a bath or a basin) · mi puta wai (drain hole of a bath or a basin)