A socket is a device on a piece of electrical equipment into which you can put a bulb or plug.
2. countable noun
A socket is a device or point in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to thepower supply.
[British]regional note: in AM, use outlet
3. countable noun
You can refer to any hollow part or opening in a structure which another part fits into as a socket.
Rotate the shoulders in their sockets five times.
Her eyes were sunk deep into their sockets.
socket in British English
(ˈsɒkɪt)
noun
1.
a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit
2. mainly British
such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply
Informal Brit names: point, plug. US and Canadian name: outlet
3.
a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part, such as a pipe, probe, etc, can be fitted
4.
a spanner head having a recess suitable to be fitted over the head of a bolt and a keyway into which a wrench can be fitted
5. anatomy
a.
a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits
a tooth socket
an eye socket
b.
the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint
verb
6. (transitive)
to furnish with or place into a socket
Word origin
C13: from Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare, from soc, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish soch ploughshare
socket in American English
(ˈsɑkɪt)
noun
1.
a hollow piece or part into which something fits
the socket for a light bulb, of the eye, of the hipbone, etc.
verb transitive
2.
to furnish with or fit into a socket
Word origin
ME soket, spearhead shaped like a plowshare < Anglo-Fr, dim. < OFr soc, plowshare < Gaul *soccus, plowshare, orig., pig's snout (hence, that which roots out) < IE *suk-, var. of base *su-, sow2
socket in Mechanical Engineering
(sɒkɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) sockets
noun
(Mechanical engineering: General)
A socket is a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part can be fitted.
The lower end of the bracket fits into a socket in the bracket support.
If you overtighten these screws, you can pop the ball right out of its socket.
A socket is a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part can be fitted.
socket in Electrical Engineering
(sɒkɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) sockets
noun
(Electrical engineering: General)
A socket is a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connectionin a circuit.
In the US, the average voltage in household wall sockets is about 120V and it changes 60 times per second.
Simply plug the device into the microphone socket of a cassette recorder and press the record button.
A socket is a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connectionin a circuit.
COBUILD Collocations
socket
power socket
Examples of 'socket' in a sentence
socket
They want individual cubicles and a plug socket for their hair straighteners.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is your eyebrows in the eye socket and working out.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Each pod sleeps four and there are optional camping beds and electric sockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Two have run off to find a power socket.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We have far too many plugs coming off insufficient wall sockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Simply plug it in to a standard power socket to provide constant benefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Including power to all the electricity sockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His eye socket and nose were badly damaged and his face had to be reconstructed.
The Sun (2008)
The rugby league convert has recovered from a fractured eye socket and cheekbone.
The Sun (2014)
Electrical sockets that you can switch off properly by remote control.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Use the pointed end to apply a darker shade to the outer edge and socket line.
The Sun (2013)
If they did not need a socket to connect to the internet many would dispense with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is only one plug socket by my bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Both appear as if they have stuck a finger in an electric socket.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The new trains will be fitted with power sockets and wireless internet access.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The power sockets around the walls would have been ideal for computers in yet another internet café.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
All you do is plug in the car to a standard household socket for eight hours.
The Sun (2008)
His wife also had a fractured eye socket.
The Sun (2014)
An electrician has connected some electrical sockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We took up the hoops, and began to drop them into the sockets placed for them.
Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat (1889)
I had a fractured cheekbone and eye socket.
The Sun (2011)
The blood from her cuts cannot hide the bruises and swelling emerging above her nose, eye sockets and cheekbones.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The man's eyes were full of terror as he scanned the scene around him from beneath his sagging eyelids and bony sockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If you can't get the tooth back in its socket, put it in milk to preserve it during transit.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
socket
British English: socket /ˈsɒkɪt/ NOUN
A socket is a device on a piece of electrical equipment into which you can put a plug or bulb.
He took the light bulb out of the socket.
American English: socket
Arabic: مِقْبَس
Brazilian Portuguese: tomada
Chinese: 插座
Croatian: utičnica
Czech: zásuvka elektrická
Danish: fatning
Dutch: contactdoos
European Spanish: toma hembra
Finnish: pistorasia
French: prise prise femelle
German: Steckdose
Greek: πρίζα
Italian: presa
Japanese: コンセント
Korean: 소켓
Norwegian: sokkel
Polish: gniazdko
European Portuguese: tomada
Romanian: priză
Russian: розетка
Latin American Spanish: enchufe
Swedish: eluttag
Thai: ปลั๊กตัวเมีย
Turkish: priz
Ukrainian: розетка
Vietnamese: ổ cắm điện
All related terms of 'socket'
dry socket
a tooth socket in which the blood clot either has broken down after extraction of a tooth or has never formed, resulting in delayed and very painful healing
eye socket
Your eye sockets are the two hollow parts on either side of your face , where your eyeballs are.
socket set
a set of different sized tools that can fit onto one handle and are used to tighten and loosen nuts
wall socket
A wall socket is a place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the electricity supply.
power socket
A socket is a device or point in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the power supply.
socket joint
a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
socket wrench
a wrench having a handle onto which socketed heads of various sizes can be fitted
tooth socket
a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
bayonet socket
a socket for a bayonet fitting
electric socket
a device on a wall where you can plug electrical equipment into the electricity supply
ball-and-socket joint
a coupling between two rods , tubes , etc, that consists of a spherical part fitting into a spherical socket , allowing free movement within a specific conical volume
spigot and socket joint
a joint between two pipes using male and female parts
orbit
An orbit is the curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon , or star .
multiaxial joint
a coupling between two rods , tubes , etc, that consists of a spherical part fitting into a spherical socket , allowing free movement within a specific conical volume
Chinese translation of 'socket'
socket
(ˈsɔkɪt)
n(c)
(Brit, Elec) 插座 (chāzuò) (个(個), gè)
美 = outlet
(also eye socket) 眼窝(窩) (yǎnwō)
(also hip socket) 髋(髖)关(關)节(節)等 (kuānguānjié děng)