English-Thai Dictionary

socket

N เบ้าตา  bao-ta

 

socket

N เบ้า ปลั๊กตัวเมีย  holder opening outlet bao-plak-tua-mia

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOCKET

n. 1. The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance.
2. Any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as the sockets of the teeth or of the eyes. his eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Gomphosis is the connection of a tooth to its socket.

 

SOCKET-CHISEL

n.A chisel made with a socket; a stronger sort of chisel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOCKET

Sock "et, n. Etym: [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot. ]

 

1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Dryden.

 

2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. Dryden. Socket bolt (Mach. ), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. -- Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing. -- Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. -- Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] -- Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc. , in a narrow or deep recess.

 

SOCKETED

SOCKETED Sock "et *ed, a.

 

Defn: Having a socket. Dawkins.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

socket

sock et |ˈsäkit ˈsɑkət | ▶noun 1 a natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves: the eye socket. • 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 ) [ with obj. ] 1 place in or fit with a socket. 2 Golf old-fashioned term for shank. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘head of a spear, resembling a plowshare ’): from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French soc ‘plowshare, ’ probably of Celtic origin.

 

socket outlet

socket out ¦let ▶noun a socket for an electric plug that is fixed to a wall and connected to an electricity supply.

 

socket set

sock et set ▶noun a number of detachable sockets of different sizes for use with a socket wrench.

 

socket wrench

sock et wrench ▶noun a ratchet tool with a series of detachable sockets for tightening and loosening nuts of different sizes.

 

Oxford Dictionary

socket

socket |ˈsɒkɪt | ▶noun 1 a natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves: the eye socket. • 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 ) [ with obj. ] 1 place in or fit with a socket. 2 Golf old-fashioned term for shank. ORIGIN 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.

 

socket outlet

socket out ¦let ▶noun a socket for an electric plug that is fixed to a wall and connected to an electricity supply.

 

socket set

socket set ▶noun a number of detachable sockets of different sizes for use with a socket wrench.

 

socket wrench

socket wrench (also socket spanner ) ▶noun a ratchet tool with a series of detachable sockets for tightening and loosening nuts of different sizes.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

socket

socket noun she plugged the toaster into the wall socket: power outlet, jack, port; informal plug.

 

French Dictionary

socket

socket FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour douille. : Le culot d ’une ampoule électrique s ’insère dans la douille (et non le *socket ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

socket

socket (también sóquet )nombre masculino Méx Pieza metálica o de plástico en la que se encaja el casco de un foco para conectarlo a la electricidad .SINÓNIMO portalámpara .Se pronuncia ‘sóquet ’.El plural es sockets .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

socket

sock et /sɑ́kət |sɔ́k -/名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 差し込み口, (差し込む )穴 , 受け口 .2 (電球などの )ソケット ; (電気部品 装置などの )差し込み口 ▸ screw a lightbulb into a socket 電球をソケットにねじ込む 3 ｟英 ｠(電気製品の )プラグ差し込み口 , コンセント (｟英 ｠power point, ｟米 ｠outlet ).4 くぼみ ; 〘解剖 〙(目 関節などの )窩 （か ）▸ an eye [a tooth ] socket 眼窩 [歯槽 （そう ）]動詞 他動詞 1 …をソケットに差し込む .2 〘ゴルフ 〙〈ボール 〉をクラブのヒールで打つ (shank ).～́ wr è nch ｟主に米 ｠箱スパナ .