Number
Number verb - To find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added.
Plug
Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
How words are described
| massive | massive number | massive plug |
| large | large number | large plug |
| big | big number | big plug |
| huge | huge number | huge plug |
| Other adjectives: new, last, higher. | ||
Common collocations
| wall | number wall | plug wall |
| characters | number characters | plug characters |
| times | number times | plug times |
| agents | number agents | plug agents |
| Other words: ears. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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If you plug in athlete number 616, you get Richard Smehlik, a player for the New Jersey Devils.
Source: Number of the Beast -
In Splice, two married scientists pioneer a new technology to 'plug and play' any number of different animal's DNA together to produce new unique organisms.
Source: Half-Human Hybrid -
Splice has Dren, a female creature that is part human, and any number of other animals, depending on how many 'plug and play' samples were inserted into her DNA at the time of her conception.
Source: Hybrid Monster
Cite this Source
Plug and Number. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/plug
Number & Plug. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/plug>.
Plug or Number. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/plug.
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