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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
a. The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.
b. 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.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
socket
(ˈsɒkɪt)n
1. (Electrical Engineering) a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit
2. (Electrical Engineering) chiefly Brit such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply. Informal Brit names: point or plug US and Canadian name: outlet
3. (Mechanical Engineering) a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part, such as a pipe, probe, etc, can be fitted
4. (Mechanical Engineering) 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) anatomy
a. a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits: a tooth socket; an eye socket.
b. the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint
vb
(tr) to furnish with or place into a socket
[C13: from Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare, from soc, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish soch ploughshare]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sock•et
(ˈsɒk ɪt)n.
1. a hollow or concave part or piece that contains or fits a complementary part: the eye socket; a socket for a light bulb.
v.t. 2. to place in or fit with a socket.
[1300–50; Middle English soket a spearhead (orig. in the shape of a plowshare), a hollow piece < Anglo-French; Old French soc plowshare -et -et]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
socket
- ball, socket - On a clothing snap, there is a ball and a socket.
- socket - From Middle English, first as "head of a spear, resembling a plowshare," from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of French soc, "plowshare."
- acetabulum - The socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits.
- birn - The socket in a clarinet or other woodwind into which the mouthpiece fits.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
socket
Past participle: socketed
Gerund: socketing
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| Noun | 1. |  socket - a bony hollow into which a structure fitship socket - the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone tooth socket, alveolus - a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth acetabulum, cotyloid cavity - the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint |
| 2. | socket - receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted ball-and-socket joint - a joint that can rotate within a socket box end wrench, box wrench - a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in socket wrench - a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted | |
| 3. | socket - a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted electric socket - a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted receptacle - an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert |
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Translations
مِقْبَسنُقْرَه، مَقْبِس
zásuvkazdířka
fatningstikkontakt
pistorasia
utičnica
csatlakozóaljzat
innstunga
コンセント
소켓
dobumselectric socketkontaktligzda
vtičnica
eluttag
ปลั๊กตัวเมีย
ổ cắm điện
socket
[ˈsɒkɪt]A. N
2. (Elec) → enchufe m, toma f de corriente, tomacorriente m (LAm)
B. CPD socket joint N (Carpentry) → machihembrado m (Anat) → articulación f esférica
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
socket
n
(of eye) → Augenhöhle f; (of joint) → Gelenkpfanne f; (of tooth) → Zahnhöhle f; to pull somebody’s arm out of its socket → jdm den Arm auskugeln
socket
:socket joint
n (Anat, Tech) → Kugelgelenk nt
socket wrench
n (Tech) → Steckschlüssel m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
socket
[ˈsɒkɪt] n (of eye) → orbita; (of joint) → cavità f inv (Elec) (for plug) → presa (di corrente); (for light bulb) → portalampada m invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
socket
(ˈsokit) noun a specially-made or specially-shaped hole or set of holes into which something is fitted. We'll need to have a new electric socket fitted into the wall for the television plug.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
socket
→ مِقْبَس zásuvka fatning Steckdose πρίζα enchufe, toma pistorasia prise utičnica presa コンセント 소켓 contactdoos sokkel gniazdko tomada розетка eluttag ปลั๊กตัวเมีย priz ổ cắm điện 插座Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sock·et
n. hueco, [of a bone] fosa; [electric] enchufe.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
socket
n (dent) alvéolo or alveolo; (ortho) cavidad f de un hueso en que encaja otro; eye — cuenca ocular or del ojo; hip — acetábuloEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.