HyperDic: eye_socket

English > 1 sense of the expression eye socket:
NOUNbodyeye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavitythe bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
English > eye socket: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball.
Synonymsorbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
Part ofskullThe bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
Partslacrimal bonesmall fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts
Broadercavity, bodily cavity, cavum(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body
Spanishcuenca, órbita
Catalanconca, òrbita
Adjectivessupraorbital, supraocularlocated or occurring above the eye socket

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