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Definitions for Socketed
[1] a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
[2] Electricity . a device intended to hold an electric light bulb mechanically and connect it electrically to circuit wires. Also called wall socket. a socket placed in a wall to receive a plug that makes an electrical connection with supply wiring.
[3] Anatomy . a hollow in one part that receives another part: the socket of the eye. the concavity of a joint: the socket of the hip.
[4] to place in or fit with a socket.
[5] a device into which an electric plug can be inserted in order to make a connection in a circuit
[6] mainly British such a device mounted on a wall and connected to the electricity supply Informal Brit names: point , plug US and Canadian name: outlet
[7] a part with an opening or hollow into which some other part, such as a pipe, probe, etc, can be fitted
[8] a spanner head having a recess suitable to be fitted over the head of a bolt and a keyway into which a wrench can be fitted
[9] anatomy a bony hollow into which a part or structure fits a tooth socket ; an eye socket the receptacle of a ball-and-socket joint
[10] (tr) to furnish with or place into a socket
Words related to Socketed
sockethuge, spacious, gaping, vast, roomy, yawning, broad, commodious, concave, deep, resonant, sepulchral, sunken, wide, alveolate, chambered, chasmal, deep-set, reverberant
Words nearby Socketed
socketsock puppet, sock suspender, sockdolager, sockdologer, sockeroo, socket, socket wrench, sockeye, sockeye salmon, socko, socle
Origin of Socketed
1300–50; Middle English soket < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French soc plowshare (< Gaulish *soccos; compare Welsh swch, Old Irish socc ) + -et -et
Other words from Socketed
sock·et·less , adjective
un·sock·et·ed , adjective
Word origin for Socketed
C13: from Anglo-Norman soket a little ploughshare, from soc, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish soch ploughshare
Synonyms for Socketed
gaping, huge, roomy, spacious, vast, yawning, alveolate, broad, chambered, chasmal, commodious, concave, curved inward, deep, deep-set, echoing, resonant, reverberant, sepulchral, sunken, wide