Akademik

eye socket

noun

the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑orbit, ↑cranial orbit, ↑orbital cavity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑orbital (for: ↑orbit)

• Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum

• Part Holonyms: ↑skull

• Part Meronyms: ↑lacrimal bone

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noun, pl ⋯ -ets [count]

: either one of the hollow places in the skull that hold the eyeballs

Useful english dictionary. 2012.