socket

sock·et  (skt)

n.

1. An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit: a light-bulb socket.

2. Anatomy

a. The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.

b. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits.

tr.v. sock·et·ed, sock·et·ing, sock·ets

To furnish with or insert into a socket.

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[Middle English soket, from Anglo-Norman, spearhead, diminutive of soc, plowshare, probably of Celtic origin; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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socket [ˈsɒkɪt]

n

1. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit

2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) Chiefly Brit such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply Informal Brit names point plug US and Canadian name outlet

3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part, such as a pipe, probe, etc., can be fitted

4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a spanner head having a recess suitable to be fitted over the head of a bolt and a keyway into which a wrench can be fitted

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy

a.  a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits a tooth socket an eye socket

b.  the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint

vb

(tr) to furnish with or place into a socket

[from Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare, from soc, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish soch ploughshare]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	socket - a bony hollow into which a structure fits bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates hip socket - the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone tooth socket, alveolus - a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body acetabulum, cotyloid cavity - the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
	2.	socket - receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted ball-and-socket joint - a joint that can rotate within a socket box end wrench, box wrench - a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in socket wrench - a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted
	3.	socket - a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted electric socket - a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted receptacle - an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

Translations

socket [ˈsɒkɪt]

A. N

1. (Anat) [of eye] → cuenca f; [of joint] → glena f; [of tooth] → alvéolo m

2. (Elec) → enchufe m, toma f de corriente, tomacorriente m (LAm)

3. (Mech) → encaje m, cubo m

B. CPD socket joint N (Carpentry) → machihembrado m (Anat) → articulación f esférica

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socket [ˈsɒkɪt] n

[bone] → cavité f; [eye] → orbite f tooth socket

(British) (= power point) → prise f de courant

(for light bulb) → douille f

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socket

n

(of eye) → Augenhöhle f; (of joint) → Gelenkpfanne f; (of tooth) → Zahnhöhle f; to pull somebody’s arm out of its socket → jdm den Arm auskugeln

(Elec) → Steckdose f; (for light bulb) → Fassung f; (Mech) → Sockel m, → Fassung f

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socket:

socket joint

n (Anat, Tech) → Kugelgelenk nt

socket wrench

n (Tech) → Steckschlüssel m

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socket [ˈsɒkɪt] n (of eye) → orbita; (of joint) → cavità f inv (Elec) (for plug) → presa (di corrente); (for light bulb) → portalampada m inv

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socket [ˈsɒkɪt] n (of eye) → orbita; (of joint) → cavità f inv (Elec) (for plug) → presa (di corrente); (for light bulb) → portalampada m inv

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socket

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. sok نُقْرَه، مَقْبِس вдлъбнатина zásuvka, zdířka stikkontakt die Höhle, die Steckdose υποδοχή, μπρίζα enchufe (pistiku)pesa, auk, õõs پيريز pistorasia, istukka douille; prise de courant שֶׁקַע गर्तिका, कोटर utičnica, šupljina csatlakozóaljzat soket innstunga attacco, presa ソケット 소켓 kištukinis lizdas kontaktligzda soket stopcontact stikkontakt gniazdko tomada dulie; priză паз; розетка zásuvka, objímka vtičnica utičnica fattning, hållare, uttag เบ้าปลั๊กตัวเมีย priz, duy 插座 гніздо, патрон کسی چیز کا خانہ lỗ, hốc, ổ 插座

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socket → مقبس zásuvka fatning Steckdose πρίζα enchufe pistorasia prise utičnica presa コンセント 소켓 contactdoos sokkel gniazdko tomada розетка eluttag ปลั๊กตัวเมีย priz ổ cắm điện 插座