Definitions of socket

1. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted

2. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

3. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

4. A hollow into which something is fitted.

5. A hollow into which something is inserted: the hollow of a candlestick.

6. A hollow into which something is inserted.

7. A cavity or opening adapted to hold some corresponding piece.

8. The hollow base upon which a candle is fixed, like a tree upon its stump; any small hollow to receive and hold something; the receptacle of the eye.

9. A hollow into which something fits, as that of humerus or femur.