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Noun: eye socket  I'só-kit
  1. The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
    "The eye socket protects the eye from injury";
    - orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity

Derived forms: eye sockets

Type of: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

Part of: skull

Encyclopedia: Eye socket