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Earshot - 3 dictionary results

ear⋅shot

[eer-shot]
–noun
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
Also called earreach.


Origin:
1600–10; ear 1 + shot 1
ear·shot   (îr'shŏt')   
n.  The range within which sound can be heard by the unaided ear; hearing distance: listened until the parade was out of earshot.

Earshot

Ear"shot`\, n. Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard. --Dryden.
Language Translation for : Earshot
Spanish: alcance del oído,
German: die Hörweite,
Japanese: 声の届く範囲
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