sock
garment worn on foot and leg; made from materials like cotton, wool, or synthetics, they provide protection, warmth, comfort, and reduce friction inside shoes
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Summary
sock ranks in the top 0.6% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,285 views/month, #465 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- sock is a type of hosiery[2].
- sock is a type of footwear[3].
- sock's Commons category is recorded as Socks[4].
- sock's said to be the same as is recorded as Q116040107[5].
- sock's Unicode character is recorded as 🧦[6].
- sock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Socks[7].
- sock's Commons gallery is recorded as Sock[8].
- sock's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
- sock's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[10].
- sock's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04254777-n[11].
- sock's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/pwn30/04254777-n[12].
- sock's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include hosiery[2] and footwear[3].
Influence
Things named for sock include Socks[14], a cat[15].
Why It Matters
sock ranks in the top 0.6% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,285 views/month, #465 of 77,819).[1] sock has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] sock is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]