socket
noun
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
sockets
Example Sentences
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"By applying the insecticides, that's when they started falling out of conduit pipes, literally coming out of plug sockets, out of the toasters, out of the back of microwave ovens," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the same time, generations of owls continually deposited bones throughout the cave, providing countless hollow tooth sockets that solitary bees could use.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Encord replicated a real data center server rack, where an operator inserts blue cables into penny-sized sockets all day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
The single set of temporal fascia—indentations behind the eye sockets that are doubled on a reptile—is one means of scientific definition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Major Danby protested, his bulging eyes straining in their sockets with tortured awe and exasperation.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
