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ear trumpet

ear trumpet noun: a conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.

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

Synonyms of ear trumpet

Forms of ear trumpet

pluralear trumpets
alternative formear-trumpet
alternative formeartrumpet

Questions about ear trumpet

What does ear trumpet mean?
Ear trumpet means a conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.
What part of speech is ear trumpet?
Ear trumpet is a noun.
What is the plural of ear trumpet?
The plural of ear trumpet is ear trumpets.

Words near ear trumpet in the dictionary

  1. ear tags
  2. ear to the ground
  3. ear toilet
  4. ear toilets
  5. ear training
  6. ear trumpet
  7. ear trumpets
  8. ear tuft
  9. ear tufts
  10. ear tunnel
  11. ear tunnels

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