socket
Example Sentences
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“These sockets saw, and these jaws spoke and swallowed. This is a monument to them. A temple.”
From Salon
A burning house looked to Akira like a glowing skull, its broken windows hollow like eye sockets, its exterior walls black against the bright orange fire that filled it.
From Literature
The illuminated door lever pops out of its socket and a puddle light projects the Cadillac crest at your feet.
There is black mould on the walls while electric sockets hang loose with the wires exposed.
From BBC
Extension leads are handy solutions if you are short of sockets, provided they are used safely.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
