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socket
- /ˈsɒkɪt/ UK
- /ˈsɑkɪt/ US
Rhymes with -ɒkɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
noun sockets
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An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket
Similar: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket
- A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
- The socket head for a socket wrench.
- A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
- The hollow of a candlestick. Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out.
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One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
Similar: network socket
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One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
Similar: network socket
- A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
- The vagina.
verb sockets · socketing · socketed
- To place or fit in a socket. Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bulb, plug, switch, bushing, groove, key, slot, hose, ferrule, hole, tank, attach, shelf, casing, hook, beaker
Translations
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noun 1.2. hollow in a bone
| Español | glena |
|---|---|
| Português | cavidade |
| Français | orbite, cavité, capsule |
| Deutsch | Höhle |
| Ελληνικά | φατνίο fatnío, κόγχη kónchi |
| Русский | глазни́ца glazníca |
noun 2. computing interprocess communication channel
| Español | zócalo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소켓 soket |
| 日本語 | ソケット soketto |
| 中文 | 套接字 tàojiēzì |
| Português | soquete, socket |
| Français | socket |
| Русский | со́кет sóket |
| العربية | مِقْبَس miqbas |
noun 1.1. electrical opening
| Español | enchufe, tomacorriente, toma |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | コンセント konsento |
| 中文 | 插座 chāzuò, 插口 chākǒu |
| हिन्दी | सॉकेट sŏkeṭ |
| Kiswahili | soketi |
| Português | tomada |
| Français | prise, douille |
| Deutsch | Steckdose, Buchse, Fassung, Sockel |
| Italiano | presa, zoccolo |
| Ελληνικά | ρευματοδότης revmatodótis, πρίζα príza |
| Română | priză, soclu, fasung, dulie |
| Русский | розе́тка rozétka, гнездо́ gnezdó, разъём razʺjóm, патро́н patrón |
| Tiếng Việt | ổ cắm điện, ổ điện |
| العربية | مَقْبِس maqbis |
| עברית | שֶׁקַע shéka |
noun 1.3. head of a socket wrench
| Español | dado |
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title = {socket},
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