Phrase guide

eye socket

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, ophthalmology, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: eyehole, eye-pit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cranial orbit, orbital cavity, orbit, eyehole, eye-pit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: socket, hole, cavity, opening

2

noun

Meaning 2

The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: socket, hole, cavity, opening

3

noun

Meaning 3

the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum

History

Etymology

From eye + socket.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِحْجَر (miḥjar) — socket of eye
  • Arabic: حَجَاج (ḥajāj) — socket of eye
  • Armenian: ակնակապիճ (aknakapič) — socket of eye
  • Azerbaijani: göz yuvası — socket of eye
  • Azerbaijani: hədəqə — socket of eye
  • Azerbaijani: göz çuxuru — socket of eye
  • Basque: betzulo — socket of eye
  • Basque: begi-zulo — socket of eye
  • Bulgarian: о́чна кухина́ (óčna kuhiná) — socket of eye
  • Catalan: conca — socket of eye
  • Chinese: 目空 (zh-min-nan) — socket of eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼窩 /眼窝 (yǎnwō) — socket of eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眶 (kuàng, kuāng) — socket of eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼眶 (yǎnkuàng) — socket of eye
  • Cornish: kraw lagas — socket of eye
  • Czech: oční důlek — socket of eye
  • Czech: očnice — socket of eye
  • Czech: oční jamka — socket of eye
  • Danish: øjenhule — socket of eye
  • Dutch: oogkas — socket of eye
  • Dutch: oogholte — socket of eye
  • Erzya: сельмеваря (seľmevaŕa) — socket of eye
  • Esperanto: kavo — socket of eye
  • Estonian: silmaauk — socket of eye
  • Estonian: silmakoobas — socket of eye
  • Finnish: silmäkuoppa — socket of eye
  • Finnish: silmäaukko — socket of eye
  • French: orbite — socket of eye
  • French: cavité oculaire — socket of eye
  • French: orbite crânienne — socket of eye
  • French: orbite de l'œil — socket of eye
  • Galician: cunca — socket of eye
  • German: Augenhöhle — socket of eye
  • German: Orbita — socket of eye
  • Greek: οφθαλμικός κόγχος (ofthalmikós kónchos) — socket of eye
  • Hebrew: אֲרֻבַּת עַיִן (arubát 'áin) — socket of eye
  • Hungarian: szemüreg — socket of eye
  • Hungarian: szemgödör — socket of eye
  • Ido: orbito — socket of eye
  • Indonesian: orbita — socket of eye
  • Irish: log súile — socket of eye
  • Japanese: 眼窩 (ganka) — socket of eye
  • Korean: 눈구멍 (nun'gumeong) — socket of eye
  • Korean: 안와 (anwa) — socket of eye
  • Central Kurdish: کاڵانە (kallane) — socket of eye
  • Northern Kurdish: kunka çavî — socket of eye
  • Southern Kurdish: بِلیاق (bilyaq) — socket of eye
  • Latin: orbita ocularis — socket of eye
  • Latvian: acs dobums — socket of eye
  • Latvian: orbīta — socket of eye
  • Lithuanian: akiduobė — socket of eye
  • Manchu: ᠶᠠᠰᠠ ᡳ ᡥᡡᠨᡨᠠᡥᠠᠨ (yasa-i hūntahan) — socket of eye
  • Māori: kape — socket of eye
  • Marathi: नेत्रगुहा (netraguhā) — socket of eye
  • Eastern Mari: орбите (orbite) — socket of eye
  • Eastern Mari: шинчалаке (šinčalake) — socket of eye
  • Eastern Mari: шинчарож (šinčarož) — socket of eye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyehule — socket of eye
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augehole — socket of eye
  • Persian: چشمخانه (čašmxāne) — socket of eye
  • Persian: حدقه (hadaqe) — socket of eye
  • Persian: کاسهٔ چشم (kāse-ye čašm) — socket of eye
  • Polish: oczodół — socket of eye
  • Portuguese: órbita — socket of eye
  • Portuguese: cavidade ocular — socket of eye
  • Romanian: orbită — socket of eye
  • Romanian: găvan — socket of eye
  • Russian: глазна́я впа́дина (glaznája vpádina) — socket of eye
  • Russian: орби́та (orbíta) — socket of eye
  • Russian: глазни́ца (glazníca) — socket of eye
  • Upper Sorbian: wóčnica — socket of eye
  • Spanish: cuenca — socket of eye
  • Sundanese: kongkolak — socket of eye
  • Swedish: ögonhåla — socket of eye
  • Lower Tanana: -nak'a — socket of eye
  • Tangut: 𗋆 — socket of eye
  • Tangut: 𗑉𗋆 — socket of eye
  • Turkish: göz çukuru — socket of eye
  • Vietnamese: ổ mắt — socket of eye
  • Volapük: logakev — socket of eye
  • Welsh: pwll y llygad — socket of eye
  • Welsh: crau'r llygad — socket of eye