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HEADPHONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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 ("headphone" 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 "headphone"):

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

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

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