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EARPHONE
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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 ("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"):
earplug (an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal)
receiver; telephone receiver (earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds)
