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socket wrenches

socket wrenches is the plural of socket wrench.

Meaning of socket wrench

Noun

socket wrench (plural socket wrenches)

  1. A type of wrench (spanner) featuring multiple removable and interchangeable socket heads (sockets), each designed to fit a particular size of bolt head or other fastener, which can be attached by the drive to a ratcheting handle, breaker bar, or other driver.
    Synonyms:
    ratchet wrench
  2. (archaic) Any wrench, including a nonratcheting one with an integral (nonremovable) head, that has an internal/concave feature (a socket) that engages the head of an external-wrenching fastener.

Questions about socket wrenches

What is socket wrenches the plural of?
Socket wrenches is the plural of socket wrench.

Words near socket wrenches in the dictionary

  1. socket pipe
  2. socket pipes
  3. socket pole
  4. socket poles
  5. socket wrench
  6. socket wrenches
  7. socketed
  8. socketing
  9. socketless
  10. socketlike
  11. socketry

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