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Word: Socket
Speech Type: Noun
Middle 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
ˈsɒkɪt
a natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves
Short Definition:natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves
Examples:- the eye socket
an electrical device receiving a plug or light bulb to make a connection.
Short Definition:electrical device receiving plug or light bulb
Word: Socket
Speech Type: Verb
ˈsɒkɪt
place in or fit with a socket
Short Definition:place in or fit with socket
Examples:- by then, arrowheads were normally socketed
- a mashie that persists in socketing the ball
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