wall wart

English

Etymology

Referring to its unsightly protrusion from the wall socket.

Noun

wall wart (plural wall warts)

1. (informal, humorous) A power adapter containing a plug for the wall outlet.

Alternative forms

• wall-wart

Hypernyms

• power adapter / power adaptor
• power supply

Coordinate terms

• power brick

Translations

power supply

• Finnish: verkkolaturi (fi)
• Polish: zasilacz (pl) m
• Slovak: nabíjačka f

Further reading

• wall wart on Wikipedia.Wikipedia