noun
Meaning 1
A garment to keep the ears warm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
earmuff
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪəmʌfs/
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noun
Meaning 2
A garment or part worn over a single ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Attributive form of earmuffs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, form-of
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noun
Meaning 5
either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: covering
History
Etymology
From ear + muff.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: orellera — garment to keep the ears warm
- Chinese Mandarin: 耳套 (ěrtào) — garment to keep the ears warm
- Chinese Mandarin: 耳罩 (ěrzhào) — garment to keep the ears warm
- Chinese Mandarin: 耳包子 (ěrbāozi) — garment to keep the ears warm
- Czech: klapka — garment to keep the ears warm
- Dutch: oorwarmers — garment to keep the ears warm
- Esperanto: orelumo — garment to keep the ears warm
- Finnish: korvaläpät — garment to keep the ears warm
- French: cache-oreilles — garment to keep the ears warm
- German: Ohrenschützer — garment to keep the ears warm
- Gujarati: કાનની ટોપી (kānnī ṭopī) — garment to keep the ears warm
- Icelandic: eyrnaskjól — garment to keep the ears warm
- Japanese: 耳当て (mimiate) — garment to keep the ears warm
- Korean: 귓집 (gwitjip) — garment to keep the ears warm
- Polish: nausznik — garment to keep the ears warm
- Russian: нау́шники — garment to keep the ears warm
- Serbo-Croatian: naušnjak — garment to keep the ears warm
- Spanish: orejera — garment to keep the ears warm
- Swedish: öronmuff — garment to keep the ears warm
- Swedish: öronskydd — garment to keep the ears warm
- Welsh: clustgap — garment to keep the ears warm
- Finnish: kuulosuojain — sound-deadening cup or cups
- French: casque anti-bruit — sound-deadening cup or cups
- French: casque antibruit — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Georgian: ხმაურდამცავი ყურსაცვამი (xmaurdamcavi q̇ursacvami) — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Georgian: ხმაურდამცავი ყურსასმენები (xmaurdamcavi q̇ursasmenebi) — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Georgian: ხმაურდამცავი საყურისები (xmaurdamcavi saq̇urisebi) — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Māori: kōpani taringa — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Polish: nausznik — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Portuguese: abafador — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Russian: наушники (naušniki) — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Serbo-Croatian: naušnjak — sound-deadening cup or cups
- Swedish: hörselkåpa — sound-deadening cup or cups