socket
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fitAny of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.: An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
» Tom pushed the plug into the socket.
Том воткнул штепсель в розетку.
Том воткнул вилку в розетку.
Meaning
9 sensesAny of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket
Steckdose, Buchse, Fassung
розе́ткаrozétka, гнездо́gnezdó, разъёмrazʺjóm
розе́ткаrozétka, гніздо́hnizdó, роз'є́мrozʺjém
A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
Höhle
глазни́цаglazníca
a bony hollow into which a structure fits
The socket head for a socket wrench.
A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
The hollow of a candlestick.
One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
со́кетsóket
A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
(slang, vulgar)The vagina.
Examples
45 sentencesTom pushed the plug into the socket.
ruТом воткнул штепсель в розетку.
You might want to childproof those electrical sockets.
Tom stuck a fork into the electrical socket.
ruТом сунул столовую вилку в розетку.
There are sparks flying out of the electric socket.
Розетка іскрує.
ruРозетка искрит.
We need to get a sparky in to look at that socket.
Треба викликати електрика, хай гляне на цю розетку.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of OlFrom 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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