Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
American English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
eardrum noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
eardrum
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈɪrdrʌm
/
/
jump to other results
the piece of thin, tightly stretched skin inside the ear which is moved by sound waves, making you able to hear
a perforated eardrum
See
eardrum
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation:
eardrum
Nearby words
earbud
noun
ear drops
noun
eardrum
noun
earful
noun
earhole
noun