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ear lobe

/ɪəɹ ləʊb/

ear lobe noun: the lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.

ear lobe: the lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear
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Noun

ear lobe (plural ear lobes)

  1. The lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.
    Synonyms:
    burr, earlap
  2. The fleshy patch of skin below the ear tuft of a chicken.
    • The color of the female's ear lobe will tell you if she will lay a white or colored egg.2010, Tara Kindschi, 4-H Guide to Raising Chickens, page 13

ear lobe meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Tagalog and Arabic

ear lobe in Hindi

ear lobe
कनौती kanautī

ear lobe in Marathi

ear lobe
पाळी pāḷī

ear lobe in Tagalog

a part of the ear
pingol

ear lobe in Arabic

a part of the ear
شَحْمَة اَلْأُذْن šaḥmat al-ʔuḏn
More languagesFewer languages
ear lobe in Malay
cuping telinga
ear lobe in Indonesian
cuping, daun telinga
ear lobe in Persian
نرمهٔ گوش narme-ye guš
ear lobe in Thai
ติ่งหู dtìng-hǔu
ear lobe in Vietnamese
dái tai

Synonyms of ear lobe

Forms of ear lobe

pluralear lobes
alternative formearlobe

Questions about ear lobe

What does ear lobe mean?
Ear lobe means the lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.
What is ear lobe in Hindi?
Ear lobe in Hindi is कनौती (kanautī). See Ear lobe meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ear lobe?
Ear lobe is a noun.
How do you pronounce ear lobe?
Ear lobe is pronounced /ɪəɹ ləʊb/.
What is the plural of ear lobe?
The plural of ear lobe is ear lobes.

Words near ear lobe in the dictionary

  1. ear hustles
  2. ear hustling
  3. ear jacket
  4. ear jackets
  5. ear level
  6. ear lobe
  7. ear lobes
  8. ear muff
  9. ear muffs
  10. ear piercing
  11. ear piercings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ear lobe (page history and authors); कनौती (Hindi) (page history and authors); पाळी (Marathi) (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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