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.
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
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Definition of socket
transitive verb
: to provide with or support in or by a socket
First Known Use of socket
1533
SOCKET Defined 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
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: a small opening or hollow part that forms a holder for something an eye socket an electric socket
Medical Dictionary
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: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something: asa: 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 jointb: a cavity terminating an artificial limb into which the bodily stump fits—see suction socket
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