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...one of those long strips of hard plastic, with a thick cord, into which you can put several electric plugs? (Not a surge protector--you just plug things into it.)
I was doing one of those hidden-picture puzzles, and searched for ages for something listed as a "power bar". I was looking for snack food, and it turned out to be one of these things, that I call a power strip!
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Adapter? (Not sure of the spelling)
Spike buster?
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I would normally call it a power board?
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I call it a power strip
Me, too.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Good for you that make a distinction between a contact device for one and one for many contacts.
We keep it quite simple and call them, all for one, one for all:
contact box. ( just like the single one that sits in walls )
BTW, how do call the one or twins in the wall in English?
Last edited by BranShea; 04/20/12 12:31 PM.
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I don't think I've ever seen a single one. In these parts they're called (somewhat schizophrenically) outlets orreceptacles, sometimes prefaced by electrical.
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Over here they tend to be referred to as "extension leads" - sometimes, "muti-plug extension leads," to differentiate from the single socket extension leads.
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"how do call the one or twins in the wall in English?"
In my house we'd normally use 'double adapter'.
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In this part of the world they are "plugs" or "outlets".
Sometimes "wall socket".
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