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ear-bud

ear-bud is the alternative form of ear bud.

Meaning of ear bud

Noun (1)

ear bud (plural ear buds)

  1. An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.

Noun (2)

ear bud (plural ear buds)

  1. An underdeveloped mammalian ear.
  2. (South Africa) A cotton swab.

Forms of ear-bud

pluralear-buds

Questions about ear-bud

What is ear-bud the alternative form of?
Ear-bud is the alternative form of ear bud.

Words near ear-bud in the dictionary

  1. ear worm
  2. ear worms
  3. ear, nose and throat
  4. ear, nose, and throat
  5. ear-achingly
  6. ear-bud
  7. ear-buds
  8. ear-drop
  9. ear-finger
  10. ear-fingers
  11. ear-minded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ear-bud (page history and authors); ear bud (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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