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单词 socket
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socket

1 of 2

noun

sock·​et ˈsä-kət How to pronounce socket (audio)
: an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something
an electric bulb socket
the eye socket

socket

2 of 2

verb

socketed; socketing; sockets

transitive verb

: to provide with or support in or by a socket

Example Sentences

Noun She plugged the lamp into the socket. He screwed the light bulb into the socket. His shoulder popped out of its socket.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The connector plugs are superbly engineered and click into place, making a secure connection with the socket on each earcup. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 June 2022 Intel's chipsets and motherboards support two generations of CPUs apiece before being replaced, often coinciding with a physical change to the CPU socket. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022 Native PCIe 5th generation connectivity from the processor socket delivers higher performance and bandwidth for connected adapters. Karl Freund, Forbes, 18 July 2022 The all-in-one plug also includes two USB ports that can be used simultaneously with the AC power socket. Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country, 14 July 2022 And then there was Assayas’s fingers-in-socket style, which generated such memorable scenes as Cheung anxiously fidgeting in a black latex catsuit as Sonic Youth rained electricity on the soundtrack. New York Times, 6 June 2022 Old Jeff Davis now lies on his back, his head bashed in, his right arm loose in its socket, his bronze pelt covered in pink and yellow paint, with scraps of tissue paper stuck to his lapel and collar. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 19 July 2022 Dr Hawkes explains that the brow is supposed to sit just above the bone and the arch should be in line with the socket of the eyeball — markers of a normal face. Beth Ashley, refinery29.com, 4 July 2022 Plugging the generator into a socket won't power your house. Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer, 22 June 2022
Verb
Instead, three four-bay modules are socketed into the base-model chassis' nine 5.25-inch open bays. Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 8 July 2019 This processor is paired with up to 64GB socketed, user-serviceable RAM. Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018 The processor is socketed, along with some other components, but the machine was not designed to be upgraded or serviced in this way. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2017 Men who couldn’t handle a drill and socket wrench if their lives depended on it love a good duct tape challenge. Southern Living, 1 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English soket, from Anglo-French, diminutive of soc plowshare, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish soc plowshare, snout; akin to Old English sugu sow — more at sow

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1533, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

socket

noun

sock·​et ˈsä-kət How to pronounce socket (audio)
: a small opening or hollow part that forms a holder for something
an eye socket
an electric socket

Medical Definition

socket

noun

sock·​et ˈsäk-ət How to pronounce socket (audio)
: 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

socket

noun

as in alcove

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • alcove
  • cleft
  • opening
  • bowl
  • pocket
  • nook
  • basin
  • valley
  • alveolus
  • niche
  • dimple
  • trench
  • cavity
  • burrow
  • cave
  • cavern
  • gouge
  • groove
  • excavation
  • gutter
  • ditch
  • furrow
  • impression
  • borehole
  • notch
  • trough
  • imprint
  • hollow
  • concavity
  • sinkhole
  • vacuum
  • crater
  • pothole
  • water hole
  • pit
  • well
  • indentation
  • recess
  • dent
  • posthole
  • hole
  • chuckhole
  • chasm
  • abyss
  • dint
  • void
  • wallow
  • depression
  • gulf
  • indenture
  • vacuity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • protrusion
  • projection
  • camber
  • bulge
  • convexity
  • protuberance
  • hill
  • tumor
  • rise
  • mound
  • bump
  • jut
  • swelling
  • lump
  • swell
  • bunch
  • hump
  • pimple
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