socket

Definition

Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object.

Etymology

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-.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket"
• "Each seat must have a 230V socket, a USB socket, a coat hook, reading light and cup holder."
• "Chriſt calls his Miniſters, Lux Mundi, the light of the World, Matth. 5. 14. therefore they must be alwayes giving forth their luſtre; their light must not go out till it be in the ſocket or till violent death as an extinguisher put it out."