Meanings
plural ear trumpets · alternative ear-trumpet · alternative eartrumpet
- A conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.
The second student is a hard-of-hearing, eighty-year-old man with a long, white beard and a huge ear trumpet.
2012, Joseph DiMona, This Was BurlesqueSynonyms: earhorn, otacousticon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian слухов апарат
- слухов апарат (sluhov aparat)conical hearing aid
Finnish kuulotorvi
- kuulotorviconical hearing aid
German Hörrohr
- Hörrohrconical hearing aid
Spanish trompetilla acústica
- trompetilla acústicaconical hearing aid
Cite this entry
ear trumpet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20trumpet
“ear trumpet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20trumpet. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ear trumpet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20trumpet.
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