Threaded, wired holder for a light bulb.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
socket (noun)an opening or hollow that forms a holder for something - an electric bulb socket the eye socket
transitive verb
to provide with or support in or by a socket
Socket (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒkɪt/
bowl, chamber, receptacle, cavity, holder
