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wall socket

wall socket noun: a mains electricity power point mounted in or on a wall inside a dwelling or other building.

wall socket: a mains electricity power point mounted in or on a wall inside a dwelling or other building
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Noun

wall socket (plural wall sockets)

  1. A mains electricity power point mounted in or on a wall inside a dwelling or other building.
    Synonyms:
    electrical outlet, outlet, point, socket, power point, wall plug
  2. Any outlet or recess in a wall.

wall socket meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Indonesian and Thai

wall socket in Tamil

சுவர்த் துளையம், சுவர் துளையம், சுவர்க் குழி

wall socket in Arabic

electricity power point
مِقْبَس miqbas

wall socket in Indonesian

electricity power point
stopkontak, soket listrik, kotak kontak

wall socket in Thai

electricity power point
เต้ารับ dtâo-ráp

Synonyms of wall socket

Forms of wall socket

pluralwall sockets

Questions about wall socket

What does wall socket mean?
Wall socket means a mains electricity power point mounted in or on a wall inside a dwelling or other building.
What is wall socket in Tamil?
Wall socket in Tamil is சுவர்த் துளையம், சுவர் துளையம், சுவர்க் குழி. See Wall socket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wall socket?
Wall socket is a noun.
What is the plural of wall socket?
The plural of wall socket is wall sockets.

Words near wall socket in the dictionary

  1. wall sit
  2. wall sits
  3. wall slam
  4. wall slams
  5. wall slap
  6. wall socket
  7. wall sockets
  8. wall spring
  9. wall springs
  10. Wall Street
  11. Wall Streeter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wall socket (page history and authors); wall socket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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