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SOCKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("socket" is a kind of...):
receptacle (an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "socket"):
electric socket (a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("socket" is a kind of...):
receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)
Holonyms ("socket" is a part of...):
ball-and-socket joint (a joint that can rotate within a socket)
box end wrench; box wrench (a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head)
socket wrench (a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A bony hollow into which a structure fits
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("socket" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "socket"):
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)
Holonyms ("socket" is a part of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Context examples:
His two brothers and his sister were seated round the table exactly as he had left them, the cards still spread in front of them and the candles burned down to their sockets.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Two cup shaped areas, one each on the lateral side of the lower pelvis that house the head of the femur to form the ball and socket joint of the hip.
(Acetabulum, NCI Thesaurus)
Hips are called ball-and-socket joints because the ball-like top of your thigh bone moves within a cup-like space in your pelvis.
(Hip Injuries and Disorders, NIH)
A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
(Hip Joint, NCI Thesaurus)
The arched strip of hair on the bony ridge above each eye socket.
(Eyebrow, NCI Thesaurus)
There are two, large frontal sinuses in the frontal bone, which forms the lower part of the forehead and reaches over the eye sockets and eyebrows.
(Frontal sinus, NCI Dictionary)
Abnormal recession of the eyeball within the eye socket.
(Enophthalmos, NCI Thesaurus)
Check your home’s wiring to be sure that no sockets are overloaded, for Uranus rules alternating electrical current.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The caudal portion of the trunk, bounded anteriorly and laterally by the two hip bones incorporating the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg.
(Pelvic Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
Vintana's skull has an unusual shape, with deep, huge eye sockets, and long, scimitar-shaped flanges for attachment of massive chewing muscles.
(Scientists discover fossil of bizarre groundhog-like mammal on Madagascar, NSF)
