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socket

Pronunciation: /ˈsɒkɪt/

The English word “socket” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  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.
  4. A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
  5. The hollow of a candlestick.
  6. One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
  7. One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
  8. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
  9. The vagina.

verb

  1. To place or fit in a socket.

Etymology

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-.

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