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See more synonyms for socket on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
to place in or fit with a socket. Show More
Origin of socket 1300–50; Middle English soket <
Anglo-French, equivalent to
Old French soc plowshare (<
Gaulish *soccos; compare
Welsh swch, Old Irish socc ) +
-et -et Related forms sock·et·less , adjective un·sock·et·ed , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for socketed huge ,
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yawning ,
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resonant ,
sepulchral ,
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socketed Examples from the Web for socketed Historical Examples of socketed The half-caste peaked and socketed his oar, and looked at the officer.
The stave here is socketed and the pin turned to a smaller diameter.
Socketed bronze hammers resembling the Irish examples are fairly common in England and on the Continent.
Two remarkably fine specimens of this type were found in 1912 with a socketed spear-head at Tempo, County Fermanagh.
Tyrone, about 1882, and consisted of seven blocks of sandstone for casting tanged and socketed spear-heads.
British Dictionary definitions for socketed 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 Show More
(tr) to furnish with or place into a socket Show More
Word Origin for socket C13: from Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare, from soc, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish soch ploughshare
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Word Origin and History for socketed n. c.1300, "spearhead" (originally one shaped like a plowshare), from Anglo-French soket "spearhead, plowshare" (mid-13c.), diminutive of Old French soc "plowshare," from Vulgar Latin *soccus , perhaps from a Gaulish source, from Celtic *sukko- (cf. Welsh swch "plowshare," Middle Irish soc "plowshare"), properly "hog's snout," from PIE *su- "pig" (cf. Latin sus "swine;" see sow (n.) "female pig").
Meaning "hollow part or piece for receiving and holding something" first recorded early 15c.; anatomical sense is from c.1600; domestic electrical sense first recorded 1885. Socket wrench is attested from 1837. The verb is 1530s, from the noun. Related: Socketed ; socketing .
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The concave part of a joint that receives the articular end of a bone. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as an eye fits. Show More
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