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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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socket [Brit ˈsɒkɪt, Am ˈsɑkət] N

1. socket ELEC:

socket (for plug)
socket (for bulb)

2. socket ANAT:

socket (of joint)
socket (of eye)
socket (of tooth)

3. socket TECH:

socket (carpentry joint)
socket (of spanner)

eye socket N ANAT

eye socket

bayonet socket N

bayonet socket

lighter socket N MOTOR

lighter socket

ball-and-socket joint N

1. ball-and-socket joint ANAT:

ball-and-socket joint

2. ball-and-socket joint TECH:

ball-and-socket joint
French
French
English
English
socket
light-socket adaptor
socket cover
scart socket
ball-and-socket joint, enarthrosis spec
scart socket

in the PONS Dictionary

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English
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socket [ˈsɒkɪt, Am ˈsɑ:kɪt] N

1. socket (energy source):

socket

2. socket (cavity):

socket
French
French
English
English
socket cover
Scart socket
socket
(eye-)socket
electrical socket
in the PONS Dictionary
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English
French
French

socket [ˈsa·kɪt] N

1. socket:

socket (energy source)
socket (for light bulb)

2. socket (cavity):

socket
French
French
English
English
socket cover
socket
(eye-)socket
electrical socket

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Blunt force or trauma to the eye socket results in burst capillaries and subsequent haemorrhaging (hematoma).
en.wikipedia.org
This visionary quest begins on the operating table where a surgeon grafts a prototype ocular implant into his eye socket.
en.wikipedia.org
He hammered an ice pick-like instrument, an orbitoclast, through the eye socket and swept through the frontal lobes.
en.wikipedia.org
Next, it was prefrontal lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket.
laist.com
The skeleton was buried ceremoniously with a nephrite disk and four arrowheads, one of which was broken and found in the eye socket.
phys.org