Meaning of elephant ear | Babel Free
Definitions
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
- A funnel cake.
- A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
- A palmier.
- Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.
- A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
- Caladium.
- Burdock (Arctium spp.).
- Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
- Gynandrocarpa placenta
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A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing. slang
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A reinforcing disk on a missile. slang
Examples
“It did not have the “elephant ears” on the ailerons like the earlier Waco Model 9.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.