socket
noun/ˈsɒkɪt/
/ˈsɑːkɪt/
- (British English also power point)(North American English also outlet, receptacle)a device in a wall that you put a plug into in order to connect electrical equipment to the power supply of a building
- a wall socket
- The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
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- a device on a piece of electrical equipment that you can fix a plug, a light bulb, etc. into
- an aerial socket on the television
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- electrical
- light
- …
- plug (something) into
- outlet
- a curved hollow space in the surface of something that another part fits into or moves around in
- His eyes bulged in their sockets.
- The dog nearly pulled my arm out of its socket.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- hollow
- sunken
- …
- in its socket
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a ploughshare’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘ploughshare’, probably of Celtic origin.
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