eye socketnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈaɪ ˌsɒk.ɪt/us/ˈaɪ ˌsɑː.kɪt/one of the two round, low areas on each side of the nose that contain the eyes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelash
- eyelid
- fovea
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- lid
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
- wink
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Examples from literature
- His wig hung on one bedpost, he had lost one eye, and the patch worn over the empty eye socket had been left on the bureau.
- The next day it was the same, and the day after that—except that his cheeks began to hollow a little, and his eye sockets to deepen and darken.
- We were looking into the eye sockets of a skull.