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  • 1plug — [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 …

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  • 2plug|ger — «PLUHG uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that plugs. 2. a dentist s instrument, of various forms, for driving and packing a filling material into a hole, as in a decayed tooth …

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  • 3plug — plug1 [ plʌg ] verb * 1. ) plug or plug up transitive to fill a hole so that nothing can get through it: plug something with something: Plug the hole with newspaper before applying the cement. 2. ) intransitive or transitive usually passive… …

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  • 4plug — Any mass filling a hole or closing an orifice. Dittrich plugs minute, dirty grayish, ill smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. SYN …

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  • 5Plug-in hybrid — The Chevrolet Volt is the first mass production plug in hybrid available in the United States. A plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), plug in hybrid vehicle (PHV), or plug in hybrid is a hybrid vehicle which utilizes rechargeable batteries, or …

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  • 6plug */ — I UK [plʌɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms plug : singular plug plural plugs 1) a) an object used for connecting a piece of equipment to an electricity supply. It is fitted to the end of an electrical wire called a flex and you push it into a… …

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  • 7plug — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole, used to fill a gap or cavity or act as a wedge or stopper. 2 a a device of metal pins in an insulated casing fitting into holes in a socket for making an electrical connection,… …

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  • 8plug — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stopper, cork, dowel, plunger, tampon; quid, wad; wadding, padding, stopple, spigot. See closure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An implement to stop an opening] Syn. cork, stopper, stopple, filling, stoppage …

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  • 9plug — noun 1》 a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.     ↘a mass of solidified lava filling the neck of a volcano. 2》 a device consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket to make… …

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  • 10plug dome —    A volcanic dome characterized by an upheaved, consolidated conduit filling.    GG …

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