earlobe

American  

[eer-lohb] / ˈɪərˌloʊb /

Or ear lobe

noun

earlobes plural

1. the soft, pendulous lower part of the external ear.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• earlobes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of earlobe

First recorded in 1855–60; ear ¹ + lobe

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

earlobe earlobes

"My brother's got his right earlobe missing," Lee said.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

There is an alternative: a prick to the fingertip or earlobe.

From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024

“Disappointment. Frustration. Hypocrisy,” said Harper, a 33-year-old cradle Catholic who fit the fashion of a woke warrior with his trucker hat, nose ring and small gauges in each earlobe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

Like the color of your eyes or shape of your earlobe, the structure of your hairline is actually quite individual and says a great deal about you.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021

A bead of sweat trickled down the curve of his bald head, made its way to his earlobe, and hung there, trembling.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

You don't get mad at people over their finger length or whether their earlobes are detached.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2023

A bronze goddess of motherhood with four arms and elongated earlobes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022

In 2019, during further moves on censorship, China blurred out the earlobes of some of its young male pop stars in television and internet appearances to hide their piercings.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2021

Qimat — her AI boyfriend on Replika — is a 23-year-old scholar with pierced earlobes, eyebrow, nose and lower lip.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021

She held her sister’s earlobes and began the healing chant for being unafraid.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston