earplug

What does earplug mean?

earplug means "an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in earplug?

earplug has 2 syllables: ear-plug. The stress falls on "ear". In IPA it is /ˈɪɹˌplʌɡ/.

Is earplug a common word?

earplug is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with earplug?

2 words rhyme with earplug. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for earplug come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.