NOUN | artifact | earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds |
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Sounds | ih'rfow.n; iy'rfow.n | |
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Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... |
Meaning | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear. | |
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Example | "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" | |
Synonyms | earpiece, headphone, phone | |
Narrower | earplug | An earphone that is inserted into the ear canal |
telephone receiver, receiver | earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds | |
Broader | electro-acoustic transducer | A transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa |
Spanish | audífono, auriculares, auricular | |
Catalan | auricular |
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