socket
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noun
1. a
natural
or
artificial
hollow
into which something
fit
s or in which something
revolve
s:
〘解剖〙 (目・関節などの)窩(か)
e.g.
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
.
(電気プラグの)差し込み口, (壁などの)コンセント(⦅英⦆
power point
, ⦅米⦆
outlet
); (電球などの)ソケット
verb
(
sockets
,
socketing
,
socketed
)
with object
1.
place
in or
fit
with a socket.
…をソケットに差し込む.
2.
Golf
old-fashioned term for
shank
.
〘ゴルフ〙 〈ボール〉をクラブのヒールで打つ(
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.