English Explanatory Dictionary

ear bud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.
noun
  1. An underdeveloped mammalian ear.
  2. A cotton swab.
  3. Alternative form of earbud.

Word forms

ear bud ear buds ear-bud earbud

Etymology

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

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