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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#x1)
- Swimmers use earplugs to keep water out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#x2)
- Workers with loud machines must wear earplugs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#x3)
- She put in her earplugs at the noisy concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#x4)
- A pack has 10 pairs of earplugs, so 20 earplugs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#x5)
- Earplugs help protect your hearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/7/)
- [Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/8/)
- [Very loud sound for a long time damages the tiny hairs in your ears for ever, so people wear earplugs at loud concerts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/18-thunder-sirens-and-how-fast-sound-travels/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «earplug» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.