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A device for directing sound downward.
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(especially in plural) An enclosure for a headphone that restricts ambient noise
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A device for the deaf, consisting of a pair of eyeglasses with LEDs attached, used to convert speech into visual patterns for the wearer.
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(medicine) Describing a type of hearing aid with microphone, amplifier, and battery that sit in a unit behind the wearer's auricle, and the amplified sound is passed down a tube into the ear canal.
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(electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
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(sound engineering) A small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the body or clothes.
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(medicine, countable) A behind the ear hearing aid.
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Containing a bug (interceptive listening device).
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A dog's ear that falls forward and completely hides the inside.
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Surrounding the pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones.
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(UK, dated, informal, derogatory) A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. Its origin is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is
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A surgically implanted electronic device that can help provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing.
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(radio) A hypothetical device or instrument which prevents eavesdropping on a private conversation.
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Any of the pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X in various joints of the body, such as the knee.
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(television, slang) A presenter's earpiece through which they receive instructions from the studio.
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(architecture) A crossette.
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A small earphone designed to be placed in the ear canal for use with portable sound systems.
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(US, colloquial, music) Light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance.
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earmuff (worn to protect the ears from loud sounds)
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Synonym of listener fatigue
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(slang) Horrible sounds or music.
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A listening device placed or worn in the ear.
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A conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.
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(idiomatic) A round piece of jewelry with a hole in the middle, which fits into a stretched earlobe.
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extremely loud (of sound)
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Alternative form of ear rape [(slang) Horrible sounds or music.]
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(rare) hearing distance; earshot.
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Fitted with an ear tag
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Alternative form of ear bud. [An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.]
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Wearing ear buds (small earphones).
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An earring for people who do not have pierced ears
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(computing, broadcasting) A brief, distinctive sound used to represent a specific item or event.
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One of the two cup-like sections of a pair of headphones that enclose the listener's ears.
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(archaic) A pendant for the ear; an earring.
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A sense of pleasure derived from listening to something, particularly music.
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A puncture in the ear, usually in the earlobe, such as for earrings.
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A loop that fits around the ear to hold an earphone or similar device in place
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An anatomically-shaped device worn in the ear for sound conduction or ear protection.
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Alternative spelling of earmold [An anatomically-shaped device worn in the ear for sound conduction or ear protection.]
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A headphone-like device designed to cover a person's ears for protection against cold or noise. They consist of a thermoplastic or metal head-band, that fits over the top of the head, and a pad at each end, to cover the external ears.
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A cushioned pad enclosing the speaker part of a headphone for purposes of hygiene and comfort.
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A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.
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An instrument for removing earwax from the ear.
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A receiver of a telephone to hold near to one's ear.
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Wearing or fitted with an earpiece.
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A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
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An earmold; a device worn in the ear for protection or to aid sound conduction
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A distance from which sound is still audible.
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Something which is displeasing to the ear- for instance, loud noises or bad music.
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A short cylindrical piece of jewellery traditionally worn in an ear piercing.
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Only used in flat earther and globe earther and hollow earther
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A small earpiece or earplug.
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Personal acoustical equipment, especially headsets.
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Clothing or accessories worn on the ears.
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(humorous) The practice of listening.
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A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
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(informal) Of a song or tune: catchy, like an earworm.
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(informal) A 2014 controversy around allegations that the iPhone 6 could trap the hair of a user holding it to their ear while making a call.
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A live music concert and/or performance where the audience, in the same venue as the performing artist(s), listens to the live music and/or sounds through headphones.
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A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
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A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
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A device used to help the hard of hearing to hear sounds.
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A device with earbud-like earpieces used to provide audio to someone while eliminating external noise. A primary usage is to let stage performers clearly hear their live performance or various instructions.
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(idiomatic) Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.
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(sound engineering) A small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the clothes.
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A cover placed over a microphone to reduce external sounds
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The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.
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The masking of a sound in one ear by a sound in the other
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An earring that is designed to go through an ear piercing (as opposed to one that clips onto the ear without requiring a piercing).
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(sound, headphones) the property of blocking off outside sound through use of materials that reduce sound transmission from the exterior environment into the interior environment
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Something that prevents sound from traveling through it, such as is put on walls so adjacent areas are not disturbed by noise.
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(informal) A swollen ear resulting from a blow to the side of the head.
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Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
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