Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ear trumpet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: ear trum-pet
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The second student is a hard-of-hearing, eighty-year-old man with a long, white beard and a huge ear trumpet."

Inflected Forms

ear trumpets (plural) ear-trumpet (alternative) eartrumpet (alternative)

Synonyms

earhorn otacousticon hearing aid

Questions

What does ear trumpet mean?: A conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.

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