"earmuffs" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-earmuffs.ogg [US] Forms: earmuff [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=earmuff}} earmuffs pl (normally plural, singular earmuff)
  1. A headphone-like device designed to cover a person's ears for protection against cold or noise. They consist of a thermoplastic or metal head-band, that fits over the top of the head, and a pad at each end, to cover the external ears. Wikipedia link: earmuffs Tags: plural, plural-normally Related terms: earplug Translations (objects that cover ears): наушници (naušnici) (Bulgarian), korvalaput [plural] (Finnish), korvaläpät [plural] (Finnish), cache-oreilles (French), Ohrenschützer [masculine] (German), nauszniki [masculine, plural] (Polish), наушники (naušniki) (Russian), orejeras [feminine, plural] (Spanish), hörselkåpor (english: noise) [common-gender] (Swedish), öronmuffar (english: cold) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-earmuffs-en-noun-ETspo4mk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for earmuffs meaning in English (2.6kB)

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