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EARPHONE

Pronunciation (US):

• EARPHONE (noun)
The noun EARPHONE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: EARPHONE used as a noun is very rare.

• EARPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

earphone; earpiece; headphone; phone

Context example:

it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked

Hypernyms ("earphone" 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 "earphone"):

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

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