Meanings
plural wall sockets
- 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
- Any outlet or recess in a wall.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mains electricity power point mounted in or on a wall inside a dwelling or other building.
More synonyms by meaning
nounreceptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مِقْبَس
- مِقْبَس (miqbas)electricity power point
Bulgarian розе́тка, конта́кт
- розе́тка (rozétka)electricity power point
- конта́кт (kontákt)electricity power point
- ще́пселна кути́я (štépselna kutíja)electricity power point
Catalan endoll
- endollelectricity power point
Chinese Mandarin 插座, 插孔
- 插座 (chāzuò)electricity power point
- 插孔 (chākǒng)electricity power point
Czech zásuvka
- zásuvkaelectricity power point
Danish stikkontakt, kontakt
- stikkontaktelectricity power point
- kontaktelectricity power point
Dutch stopcontact, contactdoos
- stopcontactelectricity power point
- contactdooselectricity power point
Esperanto kontaktingo, ŝtopilingo
- kontaktingoelectricity power point
- ŝtopilingoelectricity power point
Estonian pistikupesa
- pistikupesaelectricity power point
Finnish pistorasia
- pistorasiaelectricity power point
French prise, prise murale
- priseelectricity power point
- prise muraleelectricity power point
- prise électriqueelectricity power point
German Steckdose
- Steckdoseelectricity power point
Greek ρευματοδότης
- ρευματοδότης (revmatodótis)electricity power point
Hebrew שֶׁקַע
- שֶׁקַע (shéka)electricity power point
Hungarian konnektor
- konnektorelectricity power point
Icelandic innstunga
- innstungaelectricity power point
Indonesian stopkontak, soket listrik
- stopkontakelectricity power point
- soket listrikelectricity power point
- kotak kontakelectricity power point
Italian presa elettrica, presa di corrente
- presa elettricaelectricity power point
- presa di correnteelectricity power point
Japanese コンセント, ソケット
- コンセント (konsento)electricity power point
- ソケット (soketto)electricity power point
Korean 콘센트
- 콘센트 (konsenteu)electricity power point
Latvian kontaktligzda
- kontaktligzdaelectricity power point
Lithuanian rozetė
- rozetėelectricity power point
Māori putanga hiko, kōhao hiko
- putanga hikoelectricity power point
- kōhao hikoelectricity power point
Norwegian Bokmål stikkontakt, stikk
- stikkontaktelectricity power point
- stikkelectricity power point
- kontaktelectricity power point
- vegguttakelectricity power point
Polish gniazdko
- gniazdkoelectricity power point
Portuguese tomada
- tomadaelectricity power point
Romanian priză
- prizăelectricity power point
Russian розе́тка, электророзе́тка
- розе́тка (rozétka)electricity power point
- электророзе́тка (elektrorozétka)electricity power point
- гнездо́ (gnezdó)electricity power point
- насте́нная розе́тка (nasténnaja rozétka)electricity power point
Slovak zásuvka
- zásuvkaelectricity power point
Swedish vägguttag
- vägguttagelectricity power point
Thai เต้ารับ
- เต้ารับ (dtâo-ráp)electricity power point
Turkish priz
- prizelectricity power point
Ukrainian насті́нна розе́тка, розе́тка
- насті́нна розе́тка (nastínna rozétka)electricity power point
- розе́тка (rozétka)electricity power point
Cite this entry
wall socket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20socket
“wall socket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20socket. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wall socket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20socket.
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