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eye sockets

eye sockets is the plural of eye socket.

Meaning of eye socket

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.

Questions about eye sockets

What is eye sockets the plural of?
Eye sockets is the plural of eye socket.

Words near eye sockets in the dictionary

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

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