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ear trumpets

ear trumpets is the plural 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

Questions about ear trumpets

What is ear trumpets the plural of?
Ear trumpets is the plural of ear trumpet.

Words near ear trumpets in the dictionary

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

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