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    EARPIECE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the earplay

    Example:

    it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked

    Synonyms:

    earphone; earpiece; headphone; phone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("earpiece" is a kind of...):

    electro-acoustic transducer (a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "earpiece"):

    earplug (an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal)

    receiver; telephone receiver (earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds)

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