socket
pronunciation
How to pronounce socket in British English:
UK [ˈsɒkɪt]
How to pronounce socket in American English:
US [ˈsɑːkɪt]
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- Noun:
- a bony hollow into which a structure fits
- receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
- a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
Word Origin
- socket (n.)
- c. 1300, "spearhead" (originally one shaped like a plowshare), from Anglo-French soket "spearhead, plowshare" (mid-13c.), diminutive of Old French soc "plowshare," from Vulgar Latin *soccus, perhaps from a Gaulish source, from Celtic *sukko- (cognates: Welsh swch "plowshare," Middle Irish soc "plowshare"), properly "hog's snout," from PIE *su- "pig" (cognates: Latin sus "swine;" see sow (n.) "female pig"). Meaning "hollow part or piece for receiving and holding something" first recorded early 15c.; anatomical sense is from c. 1600; domestic electrical sense first recorded 1885. Socket wrench is attested from 1837. The verb is 1530s, from the noun. Related: Socketed; socketing.
Example
- 1. It has a socket in its bonnet and needs to be recharged every 100 miles .
- 2. I 've also got a clever plug which you can adapt to fit any socket anywhere .
- 3. That is what happens when a cfl is plugged into a socket with a dimmer attached .
- 4. Plug-in versions of toyota 's prius hybrid will allow that ground-breaking vehicle to be charged from a mains socket .
- 5. And , yes , they could even plug themselves into a power socket to recharge their own batteries .