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Definition of Socket
1. Noun. A bony hollow into which a structure fits.
Group relationships: Bone, Os
Specialized synonyms: Hip Socket, Alveolus, Tooth Socket, Acetabulum, Cotyloid Cavity
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Specialized synonyms: Hip Socket, Alveolus, Tooth Socket, Acetabulum, Cotyloid Cavity
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
2. Noun. Receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted.
Group relationships: Ball-and-socket Joint, Box End Wrench, Box Wrench, Socket Wrench
Generic synonyms: Receptacle
Generic synonyms: Receptacle
3. Noun. A receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted.
Definition of Socket
1. 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.
Definition of Socket
1. to furnish with a socket (an opening for receiving something) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Socket
1. 1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone. 2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eye socket. Origin: thr. O. Fr. Fr. L. Soccus, a shoe, a sock (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Socket
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Albanian