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Ear Trumpet

Definition: Ear Trumpet

Ear Trumpet

Noun

1. A conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Ear Trumpet

Synonym: hearing aid (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Ear Trumpet

English words defined with "ear trumpet": Ear of Dionysius ♦ Otacousticon ♦ Sonifer. (references)

Photo Album: Ear Trumpet

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Mrs. Guilford Dudley of Nashville with ear trumpet, talking into ear of Democratic donkey, played by Mrs. Mary Semple Scott in skit at 1920 National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: Ear Trumpet

Language		Translations for "ear trumpet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		kuulotorvi (receiver, stethoscope). (various references)

German		hörrohr (eartrumpet, stethoscope). (various references)

Manx		cayrn cleayshey. (various references)

Pig Latin		earay umpettray

Romanian		tub (canal, pipe, tube, tubing), cornet acustic (trumpet). (various references)

Russian		слуховая труба. (various references)

Turkish		kulak borusu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Ear Trumpet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-p-r-r-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: premature, trumpeter.
	-2 letters: aperture, attemper, mutterer, patterer, pretreat, putterer, tamperer, tetramer.
	-3 letters: amputee, erratum, maturer, pearter, permute, preterm, rapture, retreat, reutter, taperer, tapetum, tempera, tempter, tempura, tramper, treater, trumpet, utterer.
	-4 letters: ampere, armure, matter, mature, metate, metepa, mutate, mutter, parure, pattee, patter, perter, petter, prater, prearm, puttee, putter, ratter, reamer, reaper, remate, repeat, repute.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-p-r-r-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: temperature.
	+2 letters: temperatures.
	+3 letters: prematurities, pretournament.
	+4 letters: distemperature, multiparameter, pretournaments.
	+5 letters: distemperatures.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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