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. Robert Spotswood:

   The key difference for me has been the ability to wear this all day long, without any real sensitivity whatsoever on the end of my leg. It’s allowed me to participate in sports that I love for longer periods of time, previously I was playing one set of tennis and I would be all the way into my socket to the point where I was having a lot of sensitivity on the end of my bone.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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. Socket:

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