socket
noun
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
sockets
Example Sentences
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The scans produced detailed three dimensional images of the compacted material inside the tooth sockets without damaging either the fossils or the sediment.
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
“These sockets saw, and these jaws spoke and swallowed. This is a monument to them. A temple.”
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
As I stepped through the door and my eyes adjusted to the gloom, I discerned yellowed teeth, naked sockets fitted with glass orbs that refracted the firelight.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
