Definitions for earshotˈɪərˌʃɒt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ear•shotˈɪərˌʃɒt(n.)

  1. the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.

Origin of earshot:

1600–10

Princeton's WordNet

  1. earshot, earreach, hearing(noun)

    the range within which a voice can be heard

    "the children were told to stay within earshot"

Wiktionary

  1. earshot(Noun)

    A distance from which sound is still audible

    I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Earshot(noun)

    reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard


Translations for earshot

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

earshot(noun)

the distance at which sound can be heard

He did not hear her last remark as he was out of earshot.

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