SOCKET WRENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does socket wrench mean? 

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

1. a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCKET WRENCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

spanner; wrench (a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt)

Meronyms (parts of "socket wrench"):

socket (receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted)