: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something
an electric bulb socket
the eye socket
socketed; socketing; sockets
: to provide with or support in or by a socket
Examples of socket in a Sentence
Noun
She plugged the lamp into the socket.
He screwed the light bulb into the socket.
His shoulder popped out of its socket.
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Noun
The adapter comes with four USB-A ports, 1 USB-C port and 1 AC socket.
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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socket. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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socket
noun
sock·et
ˈsäk-ət 
: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something: as
a
: any of various hollows in body structures in which some other part normally lodges
the bony socket of the eye
an inflamed tooth socket
especially
: the depression in a bone with which the rounded head of another bone fits in a ball-and-socket joint
b
: a cavity terminating an artificial limb into which the bodily stump fits see suction socket
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