1. A connector, usually mounted on a wall, where an electrical plug may be inserted.
2. The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
ETYM Old Eng. soket, a dim. through Old Fren. from Latin soccus. Related to Sock a covering for the foot.
1. A bony hollow into which a structure fits.
2. Where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted.