eye socket

noun

Examples of eye socket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The lawsuit says the encounter left her with a broken eye socket and a laceration to her forehead, but police sources say the woman was not injured by cops, but ran into a pole. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024 Flecks of decayed flesh are missing from his body and his empty eye sockets contain only a yellowish light glowing from within. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024 There was still a faint indentation around her eye socket, from the telescope. Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024 The prosthetic consists of an artificial eye, eyelids, and any part of the eye socket or the surrounding area missing. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for eye socket 

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Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 25 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

eye socket

noun

Medical Definition

eye socket

noun
: orbit

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