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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
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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.
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