hip socket

1. 1.

   the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone

   Broadersocket

   Part ofjoint

Questions about hip socket

What does hip socket mean?

hip socket means "the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone".

Is hip socket a common word?

hip socket is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.