wire nut

English

three wire nuts, each connecting three wires in a junction box

Noun

wire nut (plural wire nuts)

1. A hollow cone-shaped device with a conductive interior and an insulating exterior (usually plastic) applied over two (or more) wires (5mm or less) twisted together to make an electrical connection.

Synonyms

• (device to make electrical connection): marrette, Marrette (Canada); wire connector, cone connector, thimble connector

See also

• rat-tail splice, twist splice, pig-tail splice

References

• Twist-on wire connector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Twist-on wire connectors on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “wire nut”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• unwrite