Socket

Noun

 * 1)  An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
 * 2)  A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
 * 3)  A two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

Derived terms

 * socket wrench
 * light bulb socket
 * network socket
 * power socket
 * mains socket
 * wall socket
 * tooth socket
 * dry socket
 * eye socket

Thesaurus
alveolation, alveolus, antrum, armpit, basin, bowl, cavity, concave, concavity, crater, crypt, cup, depression, dip, fold, follicle, funnel chest, hole, hollow, hollow shell, lacuna, pit, pocket, punch bowl, scoop, shell, sink, sinus, trough, vug

Etymology
From soket, "spearhead" (diminutive of  soc: plowshare), from  soccus.

Translations

 * Croatian: utičnica
 * Czech: patice, zdířka , zásuvka
 * Dutch: stopcontact, fitting
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 * Dutch: kas,  kom
 * French: (for the eye)
 * Greek: φατνίο, κόγχη


 * Spanish: (eye socket)