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eye socket

eye socket noun: the bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.

eye socket: the bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In...
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Noun

eye socket (plural eye sockets)

  1. The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
    • Near-synonyms: eyehole, eye-pit
  2. The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.

eye socket meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

eye socket in Tamil

கண்டாங்குகுழி

eye socket in Marathi

socket of eye
नेत्रगुहा netraguhā

eye socket in Bengali

eye socket, the socket of the eye, the eye's orbit
অক্ষিকোটর okkhikōṭor

eye socket in Arabic

socket of eye
مِحْجَر miḥjar, حَجَاج ḥajāj
More languagesFewer languages
eye socket in Indonesian
orbita
eye socket in Persian
چشمخانه čašmxāne, حدقه hadaqe, کاسهٔ چشم kāse-ye čašm
eye socket in Vietnamese
ổ mắt

Synonyms of eye socket

All synonyms of eye socket

Forms of eye socket

pluraleye sockets
alternative formeye-socket
alternative formeyesocket

Origin of eye socket

From eye + socket.

Questions about eye socket

What does eye socket mean?
Eye socket means the bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
What is eye socket in Tamil?
Eye socket in Tamil is கண்டாங்குகுழி. See Eye socket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eye socket?
Eye socket is a noun.
What is the plural of eye socket?
The plural of eye socket is eye sockets.

Words near eye socket in the dictionary

  1. eye service
  2. eye sex
  3. eye shadow
  4. eye shadows
  5. eye sight
  6. eye socket
  7. eye sockets
  8. eye splice
  9. eye splices
  10. eye stalk
  11. eye teeth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eye socket (page history and authors); eye socket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষিকোটর (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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