ear
The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
Other meanings
The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
“a good ear for music”
The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
A kind of
- sense organ
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "ēare".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.