: 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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Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
For a few extra dirhams, a first-class ticket will get you a large seat with a table and socket, though a change at Kenifra is necessary.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 June 2023
This time, make-up artist Scott Barnes eschewed brown and beige neutrals in favor of a different color spectrum, dusting different shades of grey from lash line to socket.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2023
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Noun
In other words, the constant flow of electric current through the sockets may have enhanced the metal zinc's plastic behavior, therefore weakening its grip.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
For a few extra dirhams, a first-class ticket will get you a large seat with a table and socket, though a change at Kenifra is necessary.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
Last year, the company extended support for Ryzen 5000 CPUs to all socket AM4 systems, including motherboards with 300-series chipsets that date all the way back to 2017.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 June 2023
This time, make-up artist Scott Barnes eschewed brown and beige neutrals in favor of a different color spectrum, dusting different shades of grey from lash line to socket.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2023
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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socket. Accessed 22 Nov. 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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