Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices.
A wall-mounted power socket.
1The fifteen-minute explanation of a wall socket and power cords was priceless.
2It was plugged into the wall socket, recharging but still switched on.
3It really was like sticking my hand in a wall socket.
4It operated like a gigantic wall socket overloaded with too many crackling plugs.
5It was plugged into a wall socket, but of course there was no power.
6You unplug your phone from the wall socket and plug in your modem instead.
7You also can plug the car into a wall socket to recharge the battery.
8In fact, the Switchmate doesn't even require you to plug anything into a wall socket.
9Runs off four AA batteries or a wall socket.
10Recharging the batteries from a conventional wall socket will require three and a half hours.
11Edward had inserted the plug into the wall socket.
12Or I just plug it into any wall socket
13The little droid's datajack rotated in the wall socket.
14Furthermore, a wall socket for the electric iron and washing-machine is a convenience very much appreciated.
15I plugged it back into the wall socket and waited for the game to boot up.
16I leaned over to the Wii's control box and pulled its plug out of the wall socket.
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