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Added 9 October 2026

socket

/ˈsɒkɪt/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about socket at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

Origin

From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

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