eye socket

noun

1. the socket or orbit of the eye.

eye socket

noun

1. See orbit
   the nontechnical name for orbit

Word History and Origins

Origin of eye socket¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, reporters filmed an officer shooting a protester in the head with a foam bullet, fracturing her eye socket.

From Vox

The area under my eye was also shattered, and a titanium plate was inserted in the base of my eye socket to prevent my eyeball from dropping down.

From Outside Online

It also has a lizard-like eye socket that is both deep and conical.

From Science News For Students

The fossil consists of only a birdlike, rounded skull with a slender tapering snout and a large number of teeth in its mouth, along with a lizardlike eye socket, deep and conical.

From Science News

She finished the skin off with the Plant Genius Line Filling Eye Balm around the eye socket which plumped fine lines and hydrated the skin, creating a smooth base for the striking eye makeup.

From Essence.com

In 1996, Smart was severely beaten in prison by two inmates, who broke her eye socket and left her with a metal plate in her head.

From The Daily Beast

When it was over, Keith had been stabbed in the shoulder, and Brandon had a fractured eye socket and orbital wall.

From The Daily Beast

Her eyes were closed, the rim of the eye-socket being very evident.

From Project Gutenberg

This line should not exceed half an inch in length and is never carried beyond the eye socket.

From Project Gutenberg

I dubbed him the King of the Eye-Socket school, and instead of getting angry he actually thanked me for it.

From Project Gutenberg

Dig out the plaster in eye socket on show side and set eye in a little fresh plaster.

From Project Gutenberg

Be sure to remove all the jaw meat, tongue, and eye socket fat from the skulls of lizard specimens.

From Project Gutenberg