socket

noun

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sock·et | \ ˈsä-kət

Definition of socket

(Entry 1 of 2)

: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something an electric bulb socket the eye socket

socket

verb

socketed; socketing; sockets

Definition of socket (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to provide with or support in or by a socket

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Examples of socket in a Sentence

Noun She plugged the lamp into the socket. He screwed the lightbulb into the socket. His shoulder popped out of its socket.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Equipped with the optional Pro Power Onboard system, the Lightning can supply 9.6 kW of AC power to 11 outlets, including one 240V socket in the cargo bed. — Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 May 2022 The easiest answer is that the AI is doing a text regurgitation, similar to the instance of Alexa and the penny in the electric socket saga. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 The left one holds a socket set and the air hose and inflator for my Power Tank. — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2022 Drop-in upgrade for virtually all existing socket AM4 systems after a BIOS update. — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022 For example, some scarcely visible component of a prosthesis—such as the socket that attaches the limb to the wearer’s body—may improve. — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2021 The news at the time reported that Alexa had told a 10-year-old girl to put a penny in an electrical socket. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Last year, for instance, two high schoolers in Massachusetts reportedly were charged with burning a building and destruction of property after singing an electrical socket in their classroom. — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2021 Better to plug in to a standard 120-volt wall socket for 5 ½ hours every night. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Instead, three four-bay modules are socketed into the base-model chassis' nine 5.25-inch open bays. — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 8 July 2019 This processor is paired with up to 64GB socketed, user-serviceable RAM. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018 The processor is socketed, along with some other components, but the machine was not designed to be upgraded or serviced in this way. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2017 Men who couldn’t handle a drill and socket wrench if their lives depended on it love a good duct tape challenge. — Southern Living, 1 May 2017 See More

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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socket. Accessed 28 May. 2022.

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socket

noun

sock·et | \ ˈsä-kət

Kids Definition of socket

: a small opening or hollow part that forms a holder for something an eye socket an electric socket

socket

noun

sock·et | \ ˈsäk-ət

Medical Definition of socket

: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something: as

a : any of various hollows in body structures in which some other part normally lodges the bony socket of the eye an inflamed tooth socket especially : the depression in a bone with which the rounded head of another bone fits in a ball-and-socket joint

b : a cavity terminating an artificial limb into which the bodily stump fits — see suction socket