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English noun: earphone

1. earphone (artifact) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear


SamplesIt was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked.


Synonymsearpiece, headphone, phone


Broader (hypernym)electro-acoustic transducer


Narrower (hyponym)earplug, receiver, telephone receiver









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