Definition of "sockets" [sockets]

• Plural form of socket. (noun)

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• "The Kenosha, Wis. -based company, a pioneer in designing wrench handles with interchangeable sockets, is benefitting from a pick-up in the automotive market, which accounts for 71% of sales."
• "Here, buzzing in his shoulder sockets, is the struggle for authenticity; there, warping his tongue, is the torment of becoming."
• "My eye balls dissolve into their cranial sockets from the insides of my skull, eaten away by a thousand maggots spewing acid."