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ear range

ear range noun: the distance within which one, or something, can be heard; hearing range.

Noun

ear range (uncountable)

  1. The distance within which one, or something, can be heard; hearing range.
    • But when it came to talking prices, Rita always lowered her voice confidentially, leading the customers well out of Mrs Dibble's ear-range, which exasperated curiosity to a frenzy in the old woman.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 73

Forms of ear range

alternative formear-range

Questions about ear range

What does ear range mean?
Ear range means the distance within which one, or something, can be heard; hearing range.
What part of speech is ear range?
Ear range is a noun.

Words near ear range in the dictionary

  1. ear player
  2. ear players
  3. ear plucking
  4. ear prick
  5. ear pricks
  6. ear range
  7. ear rape
  8. ear raped
  9. ear rapes
  10. ear raping
  11. ear rocks

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