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dog ear

dog ear is the alternative form of dog-ear.

Meaning of dog-ear

Noun

dog-ear (plural dog-ears)

  1. The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.

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Forms of dog ear

pluraldog ears

Questions about dog ear

What is dog ear the alternative form of?
Dog ear is the alternative form of dog-ear.

Words near dog ear in the dictionary

  1. dog dirt
  2. dog doctor
  3. dog doctors
  4. dog door
  5. dog doors
  6. dog ear
  7. dog eared
  8. dog ears
  9. dog eat dog
  10. dog egg
  11. dog eggs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dog ear (page history and authors); dog-ear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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