noun. An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit.

noun. undefined

noun. The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.

noun. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits.

transitive verb. To furnish with or insert into a socket.

To provide with or place in a socket.

noun. In golf, the neck of a club into which the shaft runs.

noun. A chuck or holder on the end of a drill-spindle having a taper-hole to receive the corresponding taper-shank of the drill or of another socket.

noun. An opening or cavity into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else.

noun. Specifically A small hollow tube or depression in a candlestick to hold a candle. Also called nozle.

noun. In anatomy, specifically, the hollow of one part which receives another; the concavity or excavation of an articulation: as, an eye-socket; the socket of the hip.

noun. In mining, the end of a shot-hole, when this remains visible after the shot has been fired.

noun. In well-boring, a tool with various forms of gripping mechanism, for seizing and lifting tools dropped in the tube.

noun. In the just, a defense of steel attached to the saddle, and serving to protect the legs and thighs. Compare bur, 3 . Also socquette.

noun. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else.

noun. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

noun. the receptacle of an electric lamp into which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to conduct electricity to the bulb.

noun. 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.

noun. a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.

noun. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing.

noun. a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.

noun. a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc.

noun. 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.

noun. An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

noun. A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.

noun. A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

noun. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted

noun. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

noun. a bony hollow into which a structure fits

"For reasons that I haven't bothered to figure out, the socket module is named _socket in the minipython distribution."

ball and socket  dental socket  

dry socket  eye socket  light bulb socket  mains socket  network socket  

receptacle  

docket  pocket  rocket  sprocket  

adapter  assembly  bolt  bracket  cable  

acetabulum  alveolation  alveolus  alveolus  antrum  

outlet  wall socket  

socketed  socketing  sockets