English Explanatory Dictionary

socket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
  2. An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
  3. A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
  4. The socket head for a socket wrench.
  5. A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
  6. The hollow of a candlestick.
  7. One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
  8. One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
  9. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
verb
  1. To place or fit in a socket.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒkɪt/ /ˈsɑkɪt/ En-us-socket.ogg

Word forms

socket sockets socketing socketed

Etymology

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-.

Synonyms

jack outlet receptacle wall socket network socket

Related words

WebSocket

Derived words

alveolar socket ball-and-socket joint cock socket cock-socket cocksocket eye-socket multisocket pole-socket resocket socket bolt socketless socket lichen socketlike socket pipe socket pole socketry socketwood socket wrench tube socket unsocket whipsocket Winsock

Translations

Bulgarian: ямка Bulgarian: сокет Czech: jamka Czech: důlek Czech: soket Dutch: kas Dutch: kom Finnish: ontelo Finnish: kuoppa Finnish: pistoke Finnish: vastake French: orbite French: cavité French: capsule French: socket German: Höhle Greek: φατνίο Greek: κόγχη Ancient Greek: ὁλμίσκος Hungarian: üreg Hungarian: gödör Hungarian: foglalat Polish: oczodół Polish: panewka Polish: gniazdo Portuguese: cavidade Portuguese: soquete Portuguese: socket Russian: глазни́ца Russian: со́кет Spanish: cuenca Spanish: glena Spanish: zócalo Chinese Mandarin: 套接字 Japanese: ソケット Korean: 소켓 Thai: ซ็อกเก็ต Tibetan: སྒྲོག་མཐུད་ཡི་གེ
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