| NOUN | body | ear | the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | ear | good hearing | |
| body | ear, auricle, pinna | the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | |
| cognition | ear | attention to what is said | |
| plant | ear, spike, capitulum | fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn |
| Sounds | ih'r; iy'r | |
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| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 92 rhymes with ihr... | |
| bier ... weir: 21 rhymes with iyr... | ||
| Meaning | The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. | |
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| Part of | auditory system | The sensory system for hearing |
| head, caput | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals | |
| vestibular apparatus, vestibular system | organs mediating the labyrinthine sense | |
| Parts | auricular artery, arteria auricularis | artery that supplies blood to the ear |
| eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa | The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | |
| fenestra | A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear) | |
| organ of hearing | The part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound | |
| vestibule of the ear | The central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear | |
| Broader | sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor | An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
| Catalan | oïda | |
| Spanish | oído | |
| Adjectives | aural | of or pertaining to hearing or the ear |
| otic | of or relating to near the ear | |
| Meaning | Good hearing. | |
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| Broader | hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality | The ability to hear |
| Meaning | The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear. | |
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| Synonyms | auricle, pinna | |
| Part of | external ear, outer ear | The part of the ear visible externally |
| Parts | earlobe, ear lobe | The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear |
| tragus | A small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear | |
| Narrower | cauliflower ear | An auricle deformed by injury |
| Broader | cartilaginous structure | body structure given shape by cartilage |
| Catalan | orella | |
| Spanish | oreja | |
| Meaning | Attention to what is said. | |
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| Example | "he tried to get her ear" | |
| Broader | attention, attending | The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
| Meaning | fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn. | |
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| Synonyms | spike, capitulum | |
| Part of | corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears |
| Narrower | mealie | An ear of corn |
| Broader | fruit | The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant |