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

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

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 • Jun. 2, 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

One-Eye scowled as he touched his empty eye socket.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda