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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
/ ˈsɒkɪt /
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 Words From
- socket·less adjective
- un·socket·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of socket1
Example Sentences
The final word on cordless vacuumsThere’s no doubt that getting rid of wires and power sockets makes life a lot easier, and these days, the best cordless vacuum cleaners have suction power that easily compares to their plugin-powered counterparts.
It is more like a USB socket, with both communication and power capabilities.
Electric vehicles are not appliancesWe’ve come to expect that we plug electric devices into a socket and they just work.
In August, one cable that supported this dome slipped out of a socket.
If you’ve ever traveled to South Africa and tried to use your multi-country adapter to recharge your phone or laptop, you may have been surprised that your adapter could not fit into the country’s unique sockets.
It turns out that a nail clipper, divided into two halves and hooked up directly into a power socket will boil water.
In 1996, Smart was severely beaten in prison by two inmates, who broke her eye socket and left her with a metal plate in her head.
During a trip to Dallas for Super Bowl 2011 festivities, she writes that Russell “knocked her jaw out of the socket.”
When it was over, Keith had been stabbed in the shoulder, and Brandon had a fractured eye socket and orbital wall.
Fixed to the tumbler inboard there is a small bar which fits into a socket attached to the covering board.
Pour water in an earthenware jar, place the plates in it and turn the plug in a lamp socket.
The candle was burning to the socket; the moonlight lay on the floor between them, in a shifting, widening patch.
In testing a fixture, the plug A is turned into a socket of some source of current, and a lamp is turned into the socket B.
After attaching the socket to the wall with screws the board was easily put in place as shown in Fig. 2.
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