socket
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
Electricity.
a device intended to hold an electric light bulb mechanically and connect it electrically to circuit wires.
Also called wall socket. a socket placed in a wall to receive a plug that makes an electrical connection with supply wiring.
Anatomy.
a hollow in one part that receives another part: the socket of the eye.
the concavity of a joint: the socket of the hip.
to place in or fit with a socket.
Origin of socket
1Other words from socket
- sock·et·less, adjective
- un·sock·et·ed, adjective
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How to use socket in a sentence
It was strange to see Ramona deal with Aviva so calmly: usually her head swivels and her eye sockets pulse.
Betrayal, Blowjobs, and Bitchery: the 'Real Housewives' Get Really Desperate | Tim Teeman | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAbove the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley | John Garth | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fingers of his right hand constricted on Burkey's throat until the man's eyes crawled a little way out of their sockets.
The president looked up and fastened eyes that themselves bulged from hollowed sockets.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandHis eyes had retreated deeper into the sockets, and his thick lips, once so firm and domineering, were loose and flabby.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
Noon came and found me with aching arms and strained shoulder sockets.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonFirst, the eyes begin to roll rapidly in their sockets, and the sight turns upward.
Charles Duran | The Author of The Waldos
British Dictionary definitions for socket
/ (ˈsɒkɪt) /
a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit
mainly British such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply: Informal Brit names: point, plug US and Canadian name: outlet
a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part, such as a pipe, probe, etc, can be fitted
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
anatomy
a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits: a tooth socket; an eye socket
the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint
(tr) to furnish with or place into a socket
Origin of socket
1Collins 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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