earplugnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈɪə.plʌɡ/us/ˈɪr.plʌɡ/a small piece of soft material, such as wax, cotton, or plastic, that you put into your ear to keep out noise or water
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Medical dressings, supports & devices
- auditory brainstem implant
- Band-Aid
- bandage
- biventricular pacemaker
- calipers
- cochlear implant
- cotton
- cotton ball
- cotton wool ball
- Elastoplast
- ice pack
- lint
- liposome
- plaster cast
- plaster of Paris
- poultice
- truss
- walker
- walking frame
- Zimmer frame
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Examples from literature
- Now put your hands over your ears or put earplugs in your ears, and look.