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plughole

plughole noun: the hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US).

Noun

plughole (plural plugholes)

  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 of plughole

pluralplugholes
alternative formplug hole
alternative formplug-hole

Origin of plughole

From plug + hole.

Words formed from plughole

Questions about plughole

What does plughole mean?
Plughole means the hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US).
What part of speech is plughole?
Plughole is a noun.
What is the plural of plughole?
The plural of plughole is plugholes.

Words near plughole in the dictionary

  1. plugging into
  2. plugging out
  3. plugging up
  4. pluggings
  5. pluggnB
  6. plughole
  7. plugholes
  8. plugin
  9. pluginization
  10. plugins
  11. plugless

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