eye socket

English Thesaurus

1. the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball (noun.body)

hypernym	:	bodily cavity, cavity, cavum,
definition	:	(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body (noun.body)

part holonym	:	lacrimal bone,
definition	:	small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts (noun.body)

part meronym	:	skull,
definition	:	the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates (noun.body)

derivation	:	orbital,
definition	:	of or relating to the eye socket (adj.pert)

derivation	:	orbital,
definition	:	of or relating to the eye socket (adj.pert)