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socket

Syllabification: (sock·et)

Pronunciation: /ˈsäkit/

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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.

2 Golfold-fashioned term for shank.

Origin:

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

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