Definitions for ear-minded

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ear-minded ear-mind·ed

Spelling: [eer-mahyn-did]

IPA: /ˈɪərˌmaɪn dɪd/

Ear-Minded is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 424 anagrams from letters in ear-minded (-addeeimnr).

Definitions for ear-minded

adjective

1. tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.

Origin of ear-minded

First recorded in 1885-90

Examples for ear-minded

In the first case you are eye-minded; in the second, ear-minded; in the third, motor-minded.

Not many people are ear-minded; not nearly so many are as eye-minded.

But Madam English Sparrow was apparently eye-minded rather than ear-minded.

Now, most of the sparrows seem to be ear-minded, at least as far as their recognition of their mates are concerned.