socket

ball, socket – On a clothing snap, there is a ball and a socket. More…

socket – From Middle English, first as “head of a spear, resembling a plowshare,” from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of French soc, “plowshare.” More…

acetabulum – The socket of the hip bone, into which the head of the femur fits. More…

birn – The socket in a clarinet or other woodwind into which the mouthpiece fits. More…

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