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sock⋅et

  [sok-it]
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–noun
1. a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
2. Electricity.
a. a device intended to hold an electric light bulb mechanically and connect it electrically to circuit wires.
b. Also called wall socket. a socket placed in a wall to receive a plug that makes an electrical connection with supply wiring.
3. Anatomy.
a. a hollow in one part that receives another part: the socket of the eye.
b. the concavity of a joint: the socket of the hip.
–verb (used with object)
4. to place in or fit with a socket.
Origin:
1300–50; ME soket < AF, equiv. to OF soc plowshare (< Gaulish *soccos; cf. Welsh swch, OIr socc) + -et -et

Related forms:
sock⋅et⋅less, adjective
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sock·et   (sŏk'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit: a light-bulb socket.

  2. Anatomy

    1. The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.

    2. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits.

tr.v.   sock·et·ed, sock·et·ing, sock·ets
To furnish with or insert into a socket.

[Middle English soket, from Anglo-Norman, spearhead, diminutive of soc, plowshare, probably of Celtic origin; see sū- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sock·et
Pronunciation: 'säk-&t
Function: noun
: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something: as a : any of various hollows in body structures in which some other part normally lodges socket of the eye> socket>; especially : thedepression in a bone with which the rounded head of another bone fits in a ball-and-socket joint b : a cavity terminating an artificial limb into which the bodily stump fits —seeSUCTION SOCKET
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socket sock·et (sŏk'ĭt)
n.

  1. The concave part of a joint that receives the articular end of a bone.

  2. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as an eye fits.

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