earplug

«earplug» in Mova's school dictionary: A small soft piece of foam, wax or rubber you put in your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an earplug, earplugs)

meaning for a pupil

A small soft piece of foam, wax or rubber you put in your ear to keep out noise or water. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life people wear earplugs to sleep, swim or stay safe from loud noise; in science and safety lessons earplugs protect hearing at concerts and building sites. Phrases: «wear earplugs», «a pair of earplugs», «put in earplugs».

examples

• I wear earplugs because my brother snores. tree →
• Swimmers use earplugs to keep water out. tree →
• Workers with loud machines must wear earplugs. tree →
• She put in her earplugs at the noisy concert. tree →
• A pack has 10 pairs of earplugs, so 20 earplugs. tree →
• Earplugs help protect your hearing. tree →

note

Countable; usually used in pairs. One word: earplug (also «ear plug»). Never push anything deep into your ear — earplugs only sit in the outer part.

In the corpora

• Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.
• Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.
• Very loud sound for a long time damages the tiny hairs in your ears for ever, so people wear earplugs at loud concerts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «earplug» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.