socket
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bony hollow into which a structure fits
Types & categories
- bodily cavity hypernym
- hip socket hyponym
- tooth socket hyponym
- acetabulum hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bone part holonym
Sense 2 noun
receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
Types & categories
- receptacle hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ball-and-socket joint part holonym
- box wrench part holonym
- socket wrench part holonym
Sense 3 noun
a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
Types & categories
- receptacle hypernym
- electric socket hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bone |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily cavity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hip socket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tooth socket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acetabulum |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ball-and-socket joint |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | box wrench |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | socket wrench |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | receptacle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | receptacle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | electric socket |