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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Hearing protector consisting of an ear-cup to be pressed against each pinna or of a circumaural ear-cup to be pressed against the head around the pinna. The ear-cups can be pressed against the head with a special headband or neckband or by means of a device attached to a safety helmet or other equipment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Hard cups which fit over the ear and are sealed to the head with soft cushion seals. Two types of seal are in general use:a "liquid seal" type comprises a soft annular tube filled with liquid, more robust cushions are filled with soft plastic foam. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ear muff | 91 |
radio ear muff | 17 |
electronic ear muff | 9 |
peltor ear muff | 7 |
shooting ear muff | 6 |
child ear muff | 2 |
ear muff hearing protection | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EAR MUFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ørekop (ear defender), ørebeskytter (ear defender, ear protector, hearing protector, hearing-protective device). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oorkappen (ear defender), gehoorbeschermingskappen (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kupusuojain (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | serre-tête antibruit (ear defender), couvre-oreilles (ear defender), coquilles de protection (ear defender), coquilles (ear defender), cache-oreilles (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gehörschutzkapsel (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ωτοασπίδα (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cuffia antirumore (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earay uffmay protector auditivo (ear defender), protecção auricular (ear defender). (various references) tapaorejas (ear defender). (various references) skyddskåpa (apron, skirt), kåpa (cope, cowl, fairing, frock, gown, housing, jacket), hörselskyddskåpa (ear defender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: earmuff. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-m-r-u" | |
-2 letters: femur, feuar, frame, fumer, ruffe. | |
-3 letters: arum, fame, fare, farm, fear, frae, fume, mare, muff, mura, mure, raff, ream, ruff, urea. | |
-4 letters: aff, amu, are, arf, arm, ear, eau, eff, emf, emu, era, far, fem, fer, feu, fur, mae, mar, ram, ref, rem, rue, rum. | |
-5 letters: ae, am, ar, ef, em, er, fa, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-f-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: earmuffs. | |
+2 letters: creampuff. | |
+3 letters: creampuffs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 41 52 4D 55 46 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01000001 01010010 00100000 01001101 01010101 01000110 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E A R   M U F F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0041 0052 004D 0055 0046 0046 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)393552247554040 |
| 1. Synonyms 2. Expressions: Internet 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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