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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ear

1
 n
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
2
 n
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ear
1

n the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

Type of:
receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

n the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

Synonyms:
auricle, pinna
Types:
cauliflower ear
an auricle deformed by injury; common among boxers
Type of:
cartilaginous structure
body structure given shape by cartilage

n good hearing

“he had a keen ear”
“a good ear for pitch”
Type of:
audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

n attention to what is said

“he tried to get her ear”
Type of:
attending, attention
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
2

n fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

Synonyms:
capitulum, spike
Types:
mealie
an ear of corn
Type of:
fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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