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socket

DEFINITIONS OF: socket

1

n a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted

Types:
electric socket
a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted
Type of:
receptacle
an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

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

Type of:
receptacle
a container that is used to put or keep things in

n a bony hollow into which a structure fits

Types:
hip socket
the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone
alveolus, tooth socket
a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
acetabulum, cotyloid cavity
the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
Type of:
bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
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