plugholePronunciation: /ˈplʌghəʊl/Translate plughole | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of plughole noun British a hole at the lowest point of a bath, basin, or sink, down which waste water drains away and which can be stopped with a plug. Phrases go down the plughole informal be unsuccessful, lost, or wasted:the company went down the plugholeplughole in other Oxford dictionaries