socket

n.

1. An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit: a light-bulb socket.
2. Anatomy.
   1. The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone.
   2. A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits.

tr.v., -et·ed, -et·ing, -ets.

To furnish with or insert into a socket.

[Middle English soket, from Anglo-Norman, spearhead, diminutive of soc, plowshare, probably of Celtic origin.]

(1) A receptacle that receives a plug. See plugs & sockets.

(2) See Unix socket.

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n

1. the hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint that receives the articular end of another bone. 2. any hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eyes.

1. Same as coupling.
2. British term for bell, 2.
3. A receptacle outlet.

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A hollow into which a corresponding part fits.

• dry s. — alveolar osteitis.
• tooth s. — see alveolus.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - holder, sokkel, stikdåse, fatning, kabelsko, muffe, stikkontakt, hunstik
v. tr. - forsyne med holder etc., sætte i holder etc.

Nederlands (Dutch)
stopcontact, gewrichtskom

Français (French)
n. - prise, douille, (Anat) cavité articulaire, orbite, alvéole, (Tech) mortaise
v. tr. - emboîter dans une prise, placer dans une prise

Deutsch (German)
n. - Steckdose, Fassung, Muffe, Höhle, (Gelenk)pfanne
v. - mit einer Steckdose usw. versehen, einstecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοίλωμα, υποδοχή, αναμονή, πρίζα, ρευματοδότης, βάση λυχνίας, ντουί, κόγχη (ματιού), φατνίο (δοντιού)
v. - βάζω πρίζα σε

Italiano (Italian)
presa, cavità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bocal (m), encaixe (m)
v. - encaixar

Русский (Russian)
впадина, паз, патрон (лампы), штепсельная розетка, муфта, патрубок, помещать в углубление, создавать углубление

Español (Spanish)
n. - enchufe, enchufe hembra, hueco, cubo
v. tr. - colocar un enchufe

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hålighet, urtag, hållare, sockel, hylsa, kabelsko (el.), ändbeslag
v. - att drämma till ngn, passa till en sockel el ett urtag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
托座, 承口, 插口, 插座, 窝, 将...装入插座, 给...配插座

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 托座, 承口, 插口, 插座, 窩
v. tr. - 將...裝入插座, 給...配插座

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 꽂는 구멍, (플러그용의) 벽 소켓, 골프채의 대와 머리의 접합부
v. tr. - 소켓에 끼우다, ~에 구명을 내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ソケット, 穴, くぼみ, 窩

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وقب أو تجويف, محجر (فعل) يدخل في مقبس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שקע, חלל, בית-נורה, חור, ארובת-העין, שקע של חיבור מפרק (בגוף)‬
v. tr. - ‮תחב לשקע‬

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