SOCKETS Synonyms

• a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

• a supplementary part or accessory

• a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

• a connection that fastens things together

• faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

• the act of attaching or affixing something

• the act of fastening things together

• an instrumentality that connects

• a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

• a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

• the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

• (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)

• (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system

• the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other

• (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)

• a place of business for retailing goods

• receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

• an opening that permits escape or release

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

• a wad of something chewable as tobacco

• blatant or sensational promotion

• electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

• an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

• an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

• an old or over-worked horse

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• persist in working hard

• deliver a quick blow to

• make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

• replace the center of a coin with a baser metal

• insert a plug into

• insert as a plug

• a container that is used to put or keep things in

• enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

• an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

• of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

• relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

• being or situated at an end

• station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

• either extremity of something that has length

• electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• causing or ending in or approaching death

• a man who serves as a sailor

• a small worthless amount

• someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

• immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

• a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling

• an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug

• game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks

• small flag indicating a ship's nationality

• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince

• tool for exerting pressure or lifting

• any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas

• male donkey

• lift with a special device

• hunt with a jacklight