socket
English Thesaurus
1. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | receptacle, |
| definition | : | an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | electric socket, |
| definition | : | a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted (noun.artifact) |
2. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | receptacle, |
| definition | : | a container that is used to put or keep things in (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | box end wrench, box wrench, |
| definition | : | a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | socket wrench, |
| definition | : | a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted (noun.artifact) |
3. a bony hollow into which a structure fits (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | hip socket, |
| definition | : | the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | alveolus, tooth socket, |
| definition | : | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | acetabulum, cotyloid cavity, |
| definition | : | the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | bone, os, |
| definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
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