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socket

[ sok-it ]

noun

  1. a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
  2. Electricity.
    1. a device intended to hold an electric light bulb mechanically and connect it electrically to circuit wires.
    2. Also called wall socket. a socket placed in a wall to receive a plug that makes an electrical connection with supply wiring.
  3. Anatomy.
    1. a hollow in one part that receives another part:

      the socket of the eye.

    2. the concavity of a joint:

      the socket of the hip.



verb (used with object)

  1. to place in or fit with a socket.

socket

/ ˈsɒkɪt /

noun

  1. a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit
  2. such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply Informal Brit namespointplug US and Canadian nameoutlet
  3. a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part, such as a pipe, probe, etc, can be fitted
  4. a spanner head having a recess suitable to be fitted over the head of a bolt and a keyway into which a wrench can be fitted
  5. anatomy
    1. a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits

      an eye socket

      a tooth socket

    2. the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to furnish with or place into a socket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • socket·less adjective
  • un·socket·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of socket1

1300–50; Middle English soket < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French soc plowshare (< Gaulish *soccos; compare Welsh swch, Old Irish socc ) + -et -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of socket1

C13: from Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare, from soc, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish soch ploughshare
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Example Sentences

In the room where the fire started, he said that there were two cut cables coming out of the wall, where a socket would have been, and that electrical items had gone.

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But people living on Fern Meadow in Wrexham have been plagued by issues including unfinished roads and pavements, flooding, and loose sockets and holes in their ceilings.

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They have easy-to-fit sockets and a new direct moulding technique for lower limbs, which avoid month of waiting and multiple fittings.

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Plug sockets were available under a separate awning for charging phones.

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According to Roberts, Ohtani sustained a shoulder subluxation, essentially a partial dislocation less severe than if his shoulder had fully come out of its socket.

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