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eye socket

noun

  1. the socket or orbit of the eye.


eye socket

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for orbit


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eye socket1

First recorded in 1835–45

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Example Sentences

In 1996, Smart was severely beaten in prison by two inmates, who broke her eye socket and left her with a metal plate in her head.

When it was over, Keith had been stabbed in the shoulder, and Brandon had a fractured eye socket and orbital wall.

Her eyes were closed, the rim of the eye-socket being very evident.

This line should not exceed half an inch in length and is never carried beyond the eye socket.

I dubbed him the King of the Eye-Socket school, and instead of getting angry he actually thanked me for it.

Dig out the plaster in eye socket on show side and set eye in a little fresh plaster.

Be sure to remove all the jaw meat, tongue, and eye socket fat from the skulls of lizard specimens.

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