socket
Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
Other meanings
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
A kind of
- cavity
Kinds of socket
- hip socket
- tooth socket
Related words
- cocksocket
- multisocket
- resocket
- socketless
- socketlike
- socketry
- socketwood
- unsocket
- whipsocket
- Winsock
- alveolar socket
- ball-and-socket joint
Word history
From Old French "soc" (plowshare).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “socket” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.