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ear-trumpet

ear-trumpet is the alternative form of ear trumpet.

Meaning of ear trumpet

Noun

ear trumpet (plural ear trumpets)

  1. A conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.
    • The second student is a hard-of-hearing, eighty-year-old man with a long, white beard and a huge ear trumpet.2012, Joseph DiMona, This Was Burlesque

Forms of ear-trumpet

pluralear-trumpets

Questions about ear-trumpet

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

Words near ear-trumpet in the dictionary

  1. ear-spoons
  2. ear-tag
  3. ear-tagged
  4. ear-tagging
  5. ear-tags
  6. ear-trumpet
  7. ear-trumpets
  8. ear-wax
  9. ear-worm
  10. ear-worms
  11. ear-wormy

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