Associations to the word «Socket»

Pictures for the word «Socket»

Wiktionary

SOCKET, noun. (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
SOCKET, noun. (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
SOCKET, noun. (computing) A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
SOCKET, verb. To place or fit in a socket.
SOCKET BOLT, noun. A bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
SOCKET PIPE, noun. A pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe.
SOCKET POLE, noun. (US) A pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc.
SOCKET WRENCH, noun. A type of wrench featuring multiple interchangeable socket heads (each designed to fit a particular size of bolt head or other fastener) which can be attached by a socket arrangement to a ratcheting wrench handle or other driver.
SOCKET WRENCHES, noun. Plural of socket wrench

Dictionary definition

SOCKET, noun. A bony hollow into which a structure fits.
SOCKET, noun. Receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted.
SOCKET, noun. A receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King