eye socket

noun

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The accident also left her with three fractured vertebrae, a broken pelvis, a broken eye socket and a broken nose, as reported by SWNS. Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025 The female Department of Correction officer slugged by a man held on Rikers Island for also sucker-punching an MTA station agent suffered a fractured eye socket and remains in the hospital, but is on the mend, her sisters said Wednesday. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025 These are people like me, whose hearts could fit in my chest, whose eyes could fit in my eye sockets, who were desirous of a lover’s touch. The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025 The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places. Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for eye socket

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eye socket was in 1661

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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

eye socket

noun

Medical Definition

eye socket

noun
: orbit

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