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1. (n.) socket
a hollow or concave part or piece that contains or fits a complementary part: the eye socket; a socket for a light bulb.
2. (v.t.) socket
to place in or fit with a socket.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME soket a spearhead (orig. in the shape of a plowshare), a hollow piece < AF; OF soc plowshare -et -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) socket
a bony hollow into which a structure fits
2. (noun) socket
receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
3. (noun) socket
a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
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1. (noun) socket
the holes in a wall where an electrical device can be connected to electricity
Plug it into the socket by the door.
2. socket
a hollow curved area that sth fits into
the eye sockets
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) socket
an opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth
2. (noun) socket
especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: sok |
 Arabic: نُقْرَه، مَقْبِس |
 Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина |
 Brazilian: tomada |
 Czech: zásuvka, zdířka |
 German: die Höhle, die Steckdose |
 Danish: stikkontakt |
 Greek: υποδοχή, μπρίζα |
 Spanish: enchufe |
 Estonian: (pistiku)pesa, auk,õõs |
 Farsi: پيريز |
 Finnish: pistorasia |
 French: douille; prise de courant |
 Hebrew: שֶׁקַע |
 Hindi: गर्तिका, कोटर |
 Croatian: utičnica, šupljina |
 Hungarian: csatlakozóaljzat |
 Indonesian: soket |
 Icelandic: innstunga |
 Italian: attacco, presa |
 Japanese: ソケット |
 Korean: 소켓 |
 Lithuanian: kištukinis lizdas |
 Latvian: kontaktligzda |
 Malay: soket |
 Dutch: stopcontact |
 Norwegian: stikkontakt |
 Polish: gniazdko |
 Persian: پيريز |
 Pashto: ساكټ، غالي (لكه سترګ غالي |
 Portuguese: tomada |
 Romanian: dulie; priză |
 Russian: паз; розетка |
 Slovak: zásuvka, objímka |
 Slovenian: vtičnica |
 Serbian: utičnica |
 Swedish: fattning, hållare, uttag |
 Thai: เบ้าปลั๊กตัวเมีย |
 Turkish: priz, duy |
 Taiwanese: 插座，插口 |
 Ukrainian: гніздо, патрон |
 Urdu: کسی چیز کا خانہ |
 Vietnamese: lỗ, hốc, ổ |
 Chinese: 插座，插口 |
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