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What is the noun for earful?

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ear
  1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
  2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
  3. (countable, slang) A police informant.
  4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones.
  5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
  6. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.
  7. (architecture) An acroterium.
  8. (architecture) A crossette.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “One night, a moth flew into my mom's ear while she was washing dishes.”
      “Winfield's reading has an easy, unhurried pace, and he's got an ear for the cadences of urban speech.”
      “He has been one of Italy's most influential figures, a man who is said to have had the ear of any Italian prime minister.”
earing
  1. (nautical) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called head earing.
  2. (nautical) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; also called reef earing.
  3. (nautical) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
  4. (archaic) A ploughing of land.
  5. Examples:
    1. “New criteria for tinplates are described, including evaluation of earing on double reduced sheets.”
      “Percentage reduction on tandem mill and final earing relationships of tinplates are researched.”
      “And yet, earing, with all this press of canvas, by the compass we have not left her a foot.”
earlap
  1. (archaic) The ear lobe.
  2. A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap.
  3. Synonyms:
earful
  1. (informal) a reprimand, castigation or telling off
  2. (informal) intimate gossip
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I felt pretty bad and was fully ready to accept the earful that was rightfully due my way and apologise for my out of order behaviour.”
      “May I please have the writer's email address to give him an earful directly?”
      “Parents showed up in force Monday to give a panel of experts an earful regarding controversy over the Common Core education program.”
earedness
  1. The condition or tendency to hear with one ear more than the other.
  2. (in combinations) The state or quality of having a particular type of ear.
earware
  1. Personal acoustical equipment, especially headsets.
  2. Earrings.
earspool
  1. A short cylindrical piece of jewellery traditionally worn in an ear piercing.
earlid
  1. An imaginary fold of skin that would allow the ear to be closed as the eye can be.
earshot
  1. A distance from which sound is still audible
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Many in earshot of the blast feared the Germans had landed and sought refuge in air raid shelters.”
      “It seems everyone has an opinion on the goings on of the pitch and are not coy about sharing it with anyone within earshot.”
      “I live within earshot of the airfield and get an enormous thrill from hearing and watching the activities on the airfield.”
earflap
  1. either of two flaps attached to a cap that cover the ears
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A hat with an earflap that reaches from one ear around the back of the head to the other ear.”
      “This approach is based on making an incision in the back of the earflap with cartilage removal, scratch incisions, and redressing sutures.”
      “The inspector observed blood and blood stains on an elephant's face and earflap.”
earwax
  1. A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I went to see an ear specialist who pointed out a build-up of earwax, which was causing me discomfort.”
      “For the next two weeks I am only able to hear the loudest of sounds through the cemented mixture of earwax and sand compacted in my ear canals.”
      “As a practice nurse on the south coast, I have seen a record number of patients recently presenting with deafness caused by impacted earwax.”
earlessness
  1. The quality of being earless; absence of ears.
earring
  1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A hole is pierced through the fatty tissue of the earlobe and an earring is inserted.”
      “The other earring in his left ear had one metal hoop that directly hung from his ear, interlocked with the other two hoops in it as needed here.”
      “She came flying out of the bathroom, hands fumbling to attach a backing to an earring.”
earwear
  1. Clothing or accessories worn on the ears.
ear
  1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One night, a moth flew into my mom's ear while she was washing dishes.”
      “Winfield's reading has an easy, unhurried pace, and he's got an ear for the cadences of urban speech.”
      “He has been one of Italy's most influential figures, a man who is said to have had the ear of any Italian prime minister.”
eare
  1. Archaic spelling of ear.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This anie eare may if he accent the antepenult matrmonie, or the penult matrimnie, or the last as matrimone.”
      “Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.”
earlet
  1. (obsolete) Earring.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And the Willie Mullins-trained mare Tarla should be worth noting in the Property Partners Earlet Auctioneers Maiden.”
earreach
earsies
  1. (childish) ears
earspools
  1. plural of earspool
  2. Examples:
    1. “In some carvings, resins were used to inlay shell or guanin into the eyes, mouth and earspools of a figure.”
earflaps
  1. plural of earflap
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The principal headdress for men is a high, stiff felt hat or fur cap with earflaps, the latter of which is worn during the winter months.”
      “In his first televised appearance after protests broke out in Libya, he appeared with an umbrella and a ridiculous cap with earflaps.”
      “Him, ten years old, in that hat with earflaps Aunt Marthe had given him to go with the Christmas duffel coat from grandmama.”
earrings
  1. plural of earring
  2. Examples:
    1. “I took a quick shower and slipped on my outfit, accessorising with a few silver bangles and a pair of teardrop earrings.”
      “I felt an urge to burp and belch loudly and then stare accusingly at one of those long haired chaps with earrings.”
      “She had heaps more blingy brooches pinned to the vest, and marvellous diamante hoop earrings.”
earshots
earfuls
earlids
  1. plural of earlid
earsful
earings
  1. plural of earing
earlaps
earlets
  1. plural of earlet
eares
  1. plural of eare
  2. Examples:
    1. “Pithagoras you say alowes not that musik is decerned by eares, but hee wisheth us to assend unto the sky and marke that harmony.”
      “Physitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachea, their soueraine Ginacum.”
      “And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe.”
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