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earshot

UK/ˈɪəˌʃɒt//ˈɪɹˌʃɑt/

earshot noun: a distance from which sound is still audible.

Noun

earshot (usually uncountable, plural earshots)

  1. (idiomatic, usually) A distance from which sound is still audible.
    • I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot.
    • Loola glances about her to make sure that nobody is within earshot, then speaks at last almost in a whisper.1948 August, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    sound

earshot meaning in Tamil and Kannada

earshot in Tamil

காது கேட்கும் தொலைவு, கூப்பிடு தூரம்

earshot in Kannada

ಕೇಳ್ತೆರಪು, ಕಿವಿಗೆ ಶಬ್ದವು ಕೇಳಿಸುವಷ್ಟು ದೂರ, ಕೂಗಳತೆ

Examples of earshot in a sentence

  • When Atticus was out of earshot Jem yelled after him: “I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain’t so sure now!”1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
  • Ananda hit the target, an iron drum, from a distance of two earshots.2013, Buton Richen Drup, Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet:

Synonyms of earshot

Forms of earshot

pluralearshots

Origin of earshot

From ear + shot.

Words formed from earshot

Questions about earshot

What does earshot mean?
Earshot means a distance from which sound is still audible.
What is earshot in Tamil?
Earshot in Tamil is காது கேட்கும் தொலைவு, கூப்பிடு தூரம். See Earshot meaning in Tamil.
How do you use earshot in a sentence?
When Atticus was out of earshot Jem yelled after him: “I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain’t so sure now!”
What part of speech is earshot?
Earshot is a noun.
How do you pronounce earshot?
Earshot is pronounced /ˈɪəˌʃɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of earshot?
The plural of earshot is earshots.

Words near earshot in the dictionary

  1. earshell work
  2. earshells
  3. earshes
  4. earshoot
  5. earshoots
  6. earshot
  7. earshots
  8. earshrift
  9. earsies
  10. earsore
  11. earsores

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earshot (page history and authors); earshot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); earshot (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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