eardrumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪə.drʌm/us/ˈɪr.drʌm/a thin piece of skin inside the ear that moves backwards and forwards very quickly when sound waves reach it, allowing you to hear sounds
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The ear
- -eared
- audiology
- auditory nerve
- auricular
- auricularis
- cochlea
- concha
- ear
- earlobe
- incus
- lug
- lughole
- malleus
- middle ear
- petrous
- pop
- stapes
- tympanic
- tympanum
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Examples from literature
- About an hour later he felt a pronounced pressure in his eardrums, which gradually passed off.
- Finally, one night, the trumpets blew a blare that almost burst eardrums.
- Joe's eardrums were strangely affected.
- The eardrum is very thin and can easily be broken.
- When sounds strike the eardrum it vibrates and excites the nerve of hearing.