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socket Noun 1. a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit 2. Anat a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits: the hip socket [Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare]
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Translationssocket n socket [ˈsokit] a specially-made or specially-shaped hole or set of holes into which something is fitted We'll need to have a new electric socket fitted into the wall for the television plug.sokنُقْرَه، مَقْبِسвдлъбнатинаzásuvka, zdířkastikkontaktdie Höhle, die Steckdoseυποδοχή, μπρίζαenchufe(pistiku)pesa, auk, õõsپيريزpistorasia, istukkadouille; prise de courantשֶׁקַעगर्तिका, कोटरutičnica, šupljinacsatlakozóaljzatsoketinnstungaattacco, presaソケット꽂는 구멍, 소켓kištukinis lizdaskontaktligzdasoketstopcontactstikkontaktgniazdkotomadadulie; prizăпаз; розеткаzásuvka, objímkavtičnicautičnicafattning, hållare, uttagเบ้าปลั๊กตัวเมียpriz, duy插座гніздо, патронکسی چیز کا خانہlỗ, hốc, ổ插座 |
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You observe that in the ordinary swimming position of the Sperm Whale, the front of his head presents an almost wholly vertical plane to the water; you observe that the lower part of that front slopes considerably backwards, so as to furnish more of a retreat for the long socket which receives the boom-like lower jaw; you observe that the mouth is entirely under the head, much in the same way, indeed, as though your own mouth were entirely under your chin. The socket of the lost eye presented, it is true, a frightful appearance, but he no longer appeared to suffer any pain. The wick of the candle fell over in the socket, and left them in the dark. |
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