earlobe

Everyday

An earlobe is the soft, round part at the bottom of the outside of your ear. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons on the body and on inherited features, earlobes can be attached to the head or hang free. In everyday life people wear earrings in their earlobes. Phrases: «pierced earlobes», «tug your earlobe».

Examples

• She has tiny stars in her earlobes. tree →
• Your earlobe is soft and has no bone inside. tree →
• Some people's earlobes hang free and some are attached. tree →
• He tugged his earlobe while he was thinking. tree →
• Grandma had her earlobes pierced. tree →
• The cold wind made my earlobes go red. tree →
• Draw a face and colour in the earlobes. tree →

Note

Countable. Can be written as one word or two. The earlobe has no cartilage, which is why it is soft. Whether earlobes hang free is often used as a simple example of a feature passed from parents, though it is not controlled by just one gene.