ear

/ɪər/ noun

Definition

BODY PART [C] › one of the two organs on your head that you hear with: The child whispered something in her mother's ear.

PLANT [C] › the top part of some crop plants, which produces grain: an ear of wheat/corn

have an ear for sth › to be good at hearing, repeating, or understanding a particular type of sound: He has no ear for music.

(Definition of ear noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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