ear range

English

Alternative forms

• ear-range

Noun

ear range (uncountable)

1. The distance within which one, or something, can be heard; hearing range.
   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 73:

     But when it came to talking prices, Rita always lowered her voice confidentially, leading the customers well out of Mrs Dibble's ear-range, which exasperated curiosity to a frenzy in the old woman.