socket wrench

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   a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted

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Questions about socket wrench

What does socket wrench mean?

socket wrench means "a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted".

Is socket wrench a common word?

socket wrench 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.