hip socket

English Thesaurus

1. the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone (noun.body)

hypernym	:	socket,
definition	:	a bony hollow into which a structure fits (noun.body)

part meronym	:	articulatio, articulation, joint,
definition	:	(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) (noun.body)