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

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eye socket

Det Ch Insp Mel Sutherland said forensic anthropologist Dr Micol Zuppello worked for several days to "painstakingly extract the body", with all but the tip of a toe and some small eye socket bones recovered.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Preserved in nearly perfect three-dimensional detail, the skeleton includes a skull with a huge eye socket and an elongated, sword-like snout.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025

After spending six days in the ICU in Reno, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where another medical team tended to his shattered cheekbones, jaw and eye socket.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024

Clare went to adjust his monocle but groped foolishly at the empty space in front of his eye socket.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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