ELECTRIC SOCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric socket mean? 

• ELECTRIC SOCKET (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC SOCKET has 1 sense:

1. a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC SOCKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC SOCKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electric socket" is a kind of...):

socket (a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted)

Holonyms ("electric socket" is a part of...):

lamp (a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs)