noun
English to German Dictionary

sockets Meaning in German (sockets Bedeutung auf Deutsch)

Steckdosen
Steckdosen in English:sockets
Phonetic:ˈ
Quick Answer • Kurzantwort

Die Bedeutung von sockets auf Deutsch ist Steckdosen. (An electrical socket is a receptacle designed to receive a plug and provide power to an electrical appliance.)

Definitions of Sockets

  1. 1
    noun

    An electrical socket is a receptacle designed to receive a plug and provide power to an electrical appliance.

  2. 2
    noun

    An anatomical socket is a natural hollow or cavity in the body into which another part, such as a bone or an eye, fits.

Example Sentences

casual

“All the electrical sockets in the new house are three-pin.”

formal

“The surgeon carefully examined the eye sockets for any damage.”

Synonyms (Synonyme)

In English:

outletsreceptacles

Inflected Word Forms

past tensesocketed
present participlesocketing
nounsocket

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

eye socketcollocation

The bony cavity in the skull that contains the eye.

socket wrenchcollocation

A type of wrench that uses interchangeable sockets to fit different sizes of nuts and bolts.