Meaning

3 senses

  1. An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.

  2. An underdeveloped mammalian ear.

  3. (South Africa)A cotton swab.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I clean my ears using cotton buds.

    deIch reinige meine Ohren mit Wattestäbchen. — Yorwba

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  2. I clean my ears with cotton buds.

    deIch reinige meine Ohren mit Wattestäbchen. — Yorwba

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · sundown · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From ear (“a fruiting body of grain”) + bud. From ear (“an auditory organ”) + bud.

From ear (“a fruiting body of grain”) + bud.

From ear (“an auditory organ”) + bud.

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Forms

plural: ear buds

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eagleB2earA1earacheB1earbudeardrumearful
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