earshot

[ eer-shot ]

/ ˈɪərˌʃɒt /

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noun

the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.

Words nearby earshot

earpiece, earplug, earreach, earring, ears are burning, one's, earshot, earsplitting, earth, earth almond, earth art, earth auger

Origin of earshot

First recorded in 1600–10; ear¹ + shot¹

Also called earreach.

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Examples from the Web for earshot

At a Chinese restaurant several blocks away, and out of earshot of the protests, the conversation had carried.
‘They Let Him Off?’ Scenes from NYC in Disbelief|Jacob Siegel|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Will was out of earshot, and Mr. Chapple wasted no more breath.
Children of the Mist|Eden Phillpotts
Send this man who seems to have constituted himself my jailer out of earshot, and I will tell you even more.
The Vanished Messenger|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Narsisi and one of his brothers lazed along out of earshot, bored by the routine of the guard duty.
The Ethical Engineer|Henry Maxwell Dempsey

Patsy fell in behind him, and the road was soon out of sight and earshot.
Seven Miles to Arden|Ruth Sawyer
Mr. Van Wyk wondered, as if Captain Whalley had been miles and miles away, out of sight and earshot of all evil.
End of the Tether|Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for earshot

earshot

/ (ˈɪəˌʃɒt) /

noun

the range or distance within which sound may be heard (esp in the phrases within earshot, out of earshot)

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earshot

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British Dictionary definitions for earshot

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