Dictionary

eye socket en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From eye + socket.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Hypernyms

socket · opening · hole · opening · cavity · socket · hole · cavity

Relateds

lacrimal bone (bones making up the human eye socket) · ethmoid bone (bones making up the human eye socket) · maxilla (bones making up the human eye socket) · zygomatic bone (bones making up the human eye socket) · sphenoid bone (bones making up the human eye socket) · frontal bone (bones making up the human eye socket) · palatine bone (bones making up the human eye socket)

Synonyms

cranial orbit · eyehole · orbit · eye-pit · orbital cavity

Translations (84)

es cuenca (socket of eye) · la orbita ocularis (socket of eye) · bg очни́ца (socket of eye) · pt órbita (socket of eye) · nb øyehule (socket of eye) · ar مِحْجَر (socket of eye) · su kongkolak (socket of eye) · cmn 眼眶 (socket of eye) · fr cavité oculaire (socket of eye) · fa حدقه (socket of eye) · he אֲרֻבַּת עַיִן (socket of eye) · mhr шинчарож (socket of eye) · id orbita (socket of eye) · cs očnice (socket of eye) · ro găvan (socket of eye) · az göz yuvası (socket of eye) · fi silmäkuoppa (socket of eye) · hu szemgödör (socket of eye) · cmn 眶 (socket of eye) · taa -nak'a (socket of eye) · az göz çuxuru (socket of eye) · az hədəqə (socket of eye) · cs oční jamka (socket of eye) · ko 안와 (socket of eye) · sv ögonhåla (socket of eye) · mnc ᠶᠠᠰᠠ ᡳ ᡥᡡᠨᡨᠠᡥᠠᠨ (socket of eye) · pl oczodół (socket of eye) · mhr орбите (socket of eye) · mi kape (socket of eye) · ga log súile (socket of eye) · hsb wóčnica (socket of eye) · et silmakoobas (socket of eye) · lv orbīta (socket of eye) · ko 눈구멍 (socket of eye) · hu szemüreg (socket of eye) · ja 眼窩 (socket of eye) · fi silmäaukko (socket of eye) · kw kraw lagas (socket of eye) · gl cunca (socket of eye) · de Orbita (socket of eye) · hy ակնակապիճ (socket of eye) · ar حَجَاج (socket of eye) · da øjenhule (socket of eye) · et silmaauk (socket of eye) · eu betzulo (socket of eye) · ru глазни́ца (socket of eye) · tr göz çukuru (socket of eye) · ca conca (socket of eye) · myv сельмеваря (socket of eye) · eo kavo (socket of eye) · ru глазна́я впа́дина (socket of eye) · fa کاسهٔ چشم (socket of eye) · nn augehole (socket of eye) · txg 𗑉𗋆 (socket of eye) · fa چشمخانه (socket of eye) · nl oogkas (socket of eye) · bg о́чна кухина́ (socket of eye) · txg 𗋆 (socket of eye) · ckb کاڵانە (socket of eye) · eu begi-zulo (socket of eye) · fr orbite (socket of eye) · el οφθαλμικός κόγχος (socket of eye) · cy pwll y llygad (socket of eye) · fr orbite de l'œil (socket of eye) · ru орби́та (socket of eye) · cmn 眼窩 /眼窝 (socket of eye) · nl oogholte (socket of eye) · de Augenhöhle (socket of eye) · sdh بِلیاق (socket of eye) · nan-hbl 目空 (socket of eye) · mr नेत्रगुहा (socket of eye) · pt cavidade ocular (socket of eye) · fr orbite crânienne (socket of eye) · uk очни́ця (socket of eye) · cy crau'r llygad (socket of eye) · cs oční důlek (socket of eye) · vi ổ mắt (socket of eye) · io orbito (socket of eye) · vo logakev (socket of eye) · lt akiduobė (socket of eye) · ro orbită (socket of eye) · kmr kunka çavî (socket of eye) · lv acs dobums (socket of eye) · mhr шинчалаке (socket of eye)

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