Socket

['sɒkɪt] or ['sɑkɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted.

(noun.) receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted.

(noun.) a bony hollow into which a structure fits.

Inputed by Fidel--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

(n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

Inputed by Agnes

Definition

n. a hollow into which something is inserted the receptacle of the eye &c.: a hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring: the hollow of a candlestick: a steel apparatus attached to the saddle to protect thighs and legs.—v.t. to provide with or place in a socket.—n. Sock′et-bolt a bolt for passing through a thimble placed between the parts connected by the bolt.—p.adj. Sock′eted provided with placed in or received in a socket.

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