Definition of socket
:an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something
- an electric bulb socket
- the eye socket
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Examples of socket in a Sentence
She plugged the lamp into the socket.
He screwed the lightbulb into the socket.
His shoulder popped out of its socket.
Recent Examples of socket from the Web
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Eventually, Roldan’s dad earned enough to pay $90 in monthly rent for wrenches, sockets and other tools to work as a mechanic.
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To keep your kids safe, remind them to never handle electric appliances or sockets with wet or sweaty hands, advises Rachel Rothman, Chief Technologist at the Good Housekeeping Institute.
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Insert the remaining two 60-inch pieces of pipe into the elbow sockets to complete the frame.
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The force of the blow nearly forced one of his eyes from the socket.
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However, the shoulder is not a true ball and socket joint, like the hip joint is, but rather more golf ball (humeral head) on a tee (glenoid).
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Brazil says striker Gabriel Jesus sustained a broken eye socket during the 1-0 loss to Argentina in a friendly.
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Opening the mouth causes the rounded ends of the lower jaw (known as condyles) to glide along the joint socket of the temporal bone.
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On the rear of the console are an Ethernet port, optical output, IR output, two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI in, HDMI out, and a power socket.
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Origin and Etymology of socket
Middle English soket, from Anglo-French, diminutive of soc plowshare, of Celt origin; akin to Middle Irish soc plowshare, snout; akin to Old English sugu sow — more at sow
Recent Examples of socket from the Web
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Men who couldn’t handle a drill and socket wrench if their lives depended on it love a good duct tape challenge.
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First Known Use of socket
1533
SOCKET Defined for English Language Learners
socket
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Definition of socket for English Language Learners
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: a device in a wall into which an electric cord can be plugged
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: an opening on a piece of electrical equipment into which a plug, light bulb, etc., fits
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: a hollow part in a bone that holds an eye, a tooth, or another bone
SOCKET Defined for Kids
socket
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noun
sock·et
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Definition of socket for Students
:a small opening or hollow part that forms a holder for something
- an eye socket
- an electric socket
Medical Dictionary
socket
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noun
sock·et
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medical Definition of socket
:an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something: as
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:any of various hollows in body structures in which some other part normally lodges
- the bony socket of the eye
- an inflamed tooth socket
b
:a cavity terminating an artificial limb into which the bodily stump fits — see suction socket
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