See Also: socket(dictionary)
socket(dictionary)
dry socket(medicine)
eye socket(medicine)
socket(medicine)
socket joint(medicine)
peg-and-socket joint(medicine)
peg-and-socket articulation(medicine)
Socket - Golf(gambling)
Ball-and-socket joint(health)

socket (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: soket, from Old French soc 'broad curved blade of a plow']
a place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity
British Equivalent: power pointAmerican Equivalent: outlet
the place on a piece of electrical equipment that you put a plug or a light bulb into
::a headphone socket
a hollow part of a structure into which something fits
::the eye sockets