socket

«socket» in Mova's school dictionary: a hole in a wall or device where you push in a plug to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a socket, sockets)

meaning for a pupil

1) A socket is a hole in a wall or device where you push in a plug to get electricity; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ often called a power point (Australia) or plug socket, in the USA and Canada an outlet. tree →

2) A socket is a hollow place in the body where another part fits, like your eye socket or hip socket. tree →

3) A socket is also a hollow part of an object or tool into which another part, such as the shaft of a spear, is fitted. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons: never put fingers or metal objects in a socket; keep water away from sockets; do not overload one socket with many plugs; pull plugs out by the plug, not the cable; tell an adult about damaged or sparking sockets. In science of the body: ball-and-socket joints in the shoulder and hip let arms and legs move in many directions. Phrases: plug socket, wall socket, eye socket, ball and socket joint.

examples

• Plug the lamp into the socket. tree →
• Never put anything in a socket except a plug. tree →
• Keep drinks away from sockets. tree →
• The baby has plastic covers on the sockets. tree →
• Your eye sits in your eye socket. tree →
• The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint. tree →
• The socket made a spark, so Dad turned off the power. tree →
• Too many plugs in one socket can cause a fire. tree →
• “You remember my spear with the thirty rivets of Arabian gold in its socket?” tree →

note

Countable. US: outlet; UK/Ireland: socket or plug; Australia/NZ: power point. Plugs and sockets have different shapes in different countries, so travellers need an adapter.

In the corpora

• Neighbours need rest and quiet too; many electric keyboards have a headphone socket for quiet practice.
• You must never push anything into a wall socket, especially metal objects like keys or forks.
• Metal in a plugged-in toaster or socket can give a shock that stops the heart.
• Forcing a plug into the wrong socket can damage it and cause an electric shock; use a proper travel adaptor.
• Bathrooms have no ordinary sockets, and hair dryers must never be used near a bath.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «socket» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.