eye socket

American  

noun

1. the socket or orbit of the eye.

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eye socket British  

noun

1. the nontechnical name for orbit

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Etymology

Origin of eye socket

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

A burning house looked to Akira like a glowing skull, its broken windows hollow like eye sockets, its exterior walls black against the bright orange fire that filled it.

From Literature

The skull has an enormous eye socket and a long sword-like snout that it used to eat fish and squid.

From BBC

Once replaced in the eye socket, T. Ocellus takes over the ocular pathways to the brain, overriding the neurotransmissions throughout the body.

From Salon

The 38-year-old, who works as a train driver, says he had his work and life upended by the cholesterol granuloma between his brain and eye socket, and still deals with the aftermath two years later.

From BBC

A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw a tumour removed through her eye socket using keyhole surgery.

From BBC