eye socket

noun

1. the socket or orbit of the eye.

eye socket

noun

1. the nontechnical name for orbit

Word History and Origins

Origin of eye socket¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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

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

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It turned out the tumour between his eye socket and brain was a cholesterol granuloma, which is a type of benign cyst.

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At its worst the pain around Nick's eye socket can feel like his eyeball is getting crushed.

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PC Attwell, who was in court surrounded by family and colleagues, spent days in hospital with severe facial injuries including a fractured cheekbone, eye socket and broken nose.

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