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Socket wrench

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Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted wordnet
  3. 3
    Any 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. archaic

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