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socket
[ sok-it ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to place in or fit with a socket.
socket
/ ˈ²õÉ’°ìɪ³Ù /
noun
- a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit
- such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply Informal Brit namespointplug US and Canadian nameoutlet
- 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
an eye socket
a tooth socket
- the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint
verb
- tr to furnish with or place into a socket
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ´Ç³¦°ìijÙ·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ´Ç³¦°ìijÙ·±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of socket1
Example Sentences
PC Attwell, who was in court surrounded by family and colleagues, spent days in hospital with severe facial injuries including a fractured cheekbone, eye socket and broken nose.
Ariel Courage’s debut is a fork jabbed into the electric socket of America.
Nine American seasons of this show haven’t yielded an answer that makes any more sense than a toddler’s urge to stick a fork in an electrical socket.
He says the annual maintenance fee for a plug socket installed in one primary school staff room was £400, and when he asked for the socket to be removed the school was charged £500.
A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw a tumour removed through her eye socket using keyhole surgery.
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