PLUGHOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plughole mean? 

• PLUGHOLE (noun)
  The noun PLUGHOLE has 1 sense:

1. a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)

  Familiarity information: PLUGHOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUGHOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("plughole" is a kind of...):

hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)