Synonyms for socket
ˈsɒk ɪtsock·et

Princeton's WordNet

1. socketnoun

   a bony hollow into which a structure fits

2. socketnoun

   receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

3. socketnoun

   a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted

Matched Categories

1. • Cavity
   • Receptacle

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1. List of paraphrases for "socket":

   sockets, plug, bushing, outlet, takes, kick, tube, receptacle, crt, pipe, connector

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1. Casey Holliday:

   Dinosaurs are like modern-day birds, crocodiles and lizards in that they inherited particular joints in their skulls from fish ball and socket joints, much like peoples hip joints that seem to lend themselves, but not always, to movement like in snakes, when you put a lot of force on things, theresa tradeoff between movement and stability. Birds and lizards have more movement but less stability.

2. Caroline Wozniacki:

   I had my ankle injury and broke two ligaments, my foot kind of went out of its socket. I was trying to slide on a clay court at full speed, and it just got stuck. I was actually wearing a brace, and the next day the doctor told me if I hadn’t been, my bone would probably have been sticking out of my foot. It was excruciating.

3. Brian Hopkins:

   I basically have two myoelectric nodes that sit in the socket, and they’re able to pick up signals in what’s left of my arm.

4. Justin Pfaff:

   As you’re climbing and really putting a lot of pressure on your limbs … you push fluid out of the limb and then the socket is more loose than it was before because the limb has gotten smaller is size.

5. Chad Hammel:

   Once we got him on the kayak we could really see what happened, and his whole clavicle's ripped open ; you could see the ball and socket joint and everything.