- socket
- noun1》 a hollow in which something fits or revolves.↘the part of the head of a golf club into which the shaft is fitted.2》 an electrical device receiving a plug or light bulb to make a connection.verb (sockets, socketing, socketed)1》 place in or fit with a socket.2》 Golf, dated shank (a ball).OriginME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. dimin. of OFr. soc 'ploughshare', prob. of Celtic origin.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.