Meanings
plural eye sockets · alternative eye-socket · alternative eyesocket
- anatomyThe 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
Synonyms: cranial orbit, orbital cavity, orbit, eyehole, eye-pit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مِحْجَر, حَجَاج
- مِحْجَر (miḥjar)socket of eye
- حَجَاج (ḥajāj)socket of eye
Basque betzulo, begi-zulo
- betzulosocket of eye
- begi-zulosocket of eye
Bulgarian о́чна кухина́, очни́ца
- о́чна кухина́ (óčna kuhiná)socket of eye
- очни́ца (očníca)socket of eye
Catalan conca
- concasocket of eye
Chinese Mandarin 眼窩 /眼窝, 眶
- 眼窩 /眼窝 (yǎnwō)socket of eye
- 眶 (kuàng, kuāng)socket of eye
- 眼眶 (yǎnkuàng)socket of eye
Czech oční důlek, očnice
- oční důleksocket of eye
- očnicesocket of eye
- oční jamkasocket of eye
Danish øjenhule
- øjenhulesocket of eye
Dutch oogkas, oogholte
- oogkassocket of eye
- oogholtesocket of eye
Esperanto kavo
- kavosocket of eye
Estonian silmaauk, silmakoobas
- silmaauksocket of eye
- silmakoobassocket of eye
Finnish silmäkuoppa, silmäaukko
- silmäkuoppasocket of eye
- silmäaukkosocket of eye
French orbite, cavité oculaire
- orbitesocket of eye
- cavité oculairesocket of eye
- orbite crâniennesocket of eye
- orbite de l'œilsocket of eye
German Augenhöhle, Orbita
- Augenhöhlesocket of eye
- Orbitasocket of eye
Greek οφθαλμικός κόγχος
- οφθαλμικός κόγχος (ofthalmikós kónchos)socket of eye
Hebrew אֲרֻבַּת עַיִן
- אֲרֻבַּת עַיִן (arubát 'áin)socket of eye
Hungarian szemüreg, szemgödör
- szemüregsocket of eye
- szemgödörsocket of eye
Indonesian orbita
- orbitasocket of eye
Irish log súile
- log súilesocket of eye
Japanese 眼窩
- 眼窩 (ganka)socket of eye
Korean 눈구멍, 안와
- 눈구멍 (nun'gumeong)socket of eye
- 안와 (anwa)socket of eye
Latin orbita ocularis
- orbita ocularissocket of eye
Latvian acs dobums, orbīta
- acs dobumssocket of eye
- orbītasocket of eye
Lithuanian akiduobė
- akiduobėsocket of eye
Māori kape
- kapesocket of eye
Norwegian Bokmål øyehule
- øyehulesocket of eye
Persian چشمخانه, حدقه
- چشمخانه (čašmxāne)socket of eye
- حدقه (hadaqe)socket of eye
- کاسهٔ چشم (kāse-ye čašm)socket of eye
Polish oczodół
- oczodółsocket of eye
Portuguese órbita, cavidade ocular
- órbitasocket of eye
- cavidade ocularsocket of eye
Romanian orbită, găvan
- orbităsocket of eye
- găvansocket of eye
Russian глазна́я впа́дина, орби́та
- глазна́я впа́дина (glaznája vpádina)socket of eye
- орби́та (orbíta)socket of eye
- глазни́ца (glazníca)socket of eye
Spanish cuenca
- cuencasocket of eye
Swedish ögonhåla
- ögonhålasocket of eye
Turkish göz çukuru
- göz çukurusocket of eye
Ukrainian очни́ця
- очни́ця (očnýcja)socket of eye
Vietnamese ổ mắt
- ổ mắtsocket of eye
Welsh pwll y llygad, crau'r llygad
- pwll y llygadsocket of eye
- crau'r llygadsocket of eye
Cite this entry
eye socket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20socket
“eye socket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20socket. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye socket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20socket.
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