# eye socket

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.
2. The entire eyehole in the face: both the bony orbit and the flesh that surrounds it.

## Etymology
From eye + socket.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eye-socket