socket wrench

noun

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.

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ratchet wrench
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Meanings

nounsocket wrench (plural socket wrenches)

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. archaicAny 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
ratchet wrench
Also see
ratchet wrench
Cite this entry
APA

socket wrench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socket%20wrench

MLA

“socket wrench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socket%20wrench. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “socket wrench,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socket%20wrench.

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