Words Like SOCKET
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SOCKET.
3 Alternative Words Similar to socket
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Alveolus
Noun Hyponym
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Acetabulum
Noun Hyponym
1 examples of socket
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the sockets of the teeth
10 definitions of socket
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An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else.
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Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
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the receptacle of an electric lamp into which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to conduct electricity to the bulb.
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the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to a ground for safety.
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a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
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receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
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a bony hollow into which a structure fits
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An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit: a light-bulb socket.
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Anatomy The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.
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Anatomy A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits.