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socket

Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkɪt/

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Definition of socket

noun

1a natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves:the eye socket
the part of the head of a golf club into which the shaft is fitted.

2an electrical device receiving a plug or light bulb to make a connection.

verb (sockets, socketing, socketed)

[with object]

1place in or fit with a socket: by then, arrowheads were normally socketed

2 Golfold-fashioned term for shank.a mashie that persists in socketing the ball

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare'): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc 'ploughshare', probably of Celtic origin

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