eardrum
noun/ˈɪədrʌm/
/ˈɪrdrʌm/
- the piece of thin tightly stretched skin inside the ear that is moved by sound waves, making you able to hear
- a perforated eardrum
- His right eardrum burst.
- She thought the noise would burst her eardrums.
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