Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eye_cup

1 sense of eye cup

Sense 1
eyecup, eyebath, eye cup -- (a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball; "an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain")
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))


1 of 2 senses of eyecup

Sense 2
optic cup, eyecup -- ((embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina)
       => calyculus, caliculus, calycle -- (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))