socket

CEFRB2

/ˈsɒkɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hole or device made to receive something, especially a plug.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.

Examples

  • Take the fork out of the electric socket.

  • The eye socket is the bone receptacle in which the eye fits.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. The socket head for a socket wrench.

More examples

In context

  • Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket

  • Each seat must have a 230V socket, a USB socket, a coat hook, reading light and cup holder.

  • Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

To charge his phone, he pushed the charger into the electrical blank on the wall.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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-.