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. 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Dryden. 2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. Dryden. Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. -- Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing. -- Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. -- Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] -- Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess.
7. 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