Thesaurus: socket

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1. n. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
2. n. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
3. n. a bony hollow into which a structure fits
4. n. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
5. n. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
6. n:100 n. a bony hollow into which a structure fits n. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted n. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted