HyperDic: headphone

English > 1 sense of the word *headphone*:
NOUN	artifact	headphone, earphone, earpiece, phone	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds

headphone > pronunciation
Sounds	hheh'dfow.n
Rhymes	acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own...

English > *headphone*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.
Synonyms	earphone, earpiece, phone
Narrower	earplug	An earphone that is inserted into the ear canal
Narrower	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