socket

[SockĀ·et]

However many people it takes to change a light bulb, at least one of them will have to unscrew the old bulb from the socket and replace it with a new one. A hollow or cavity that you insert something into is a socket.

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

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


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.


Socket

Sock"et , n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.] 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink.
2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance.
Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. -- Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing. -- Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. -- Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] -- Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess.

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

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