EARPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does earphone mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EARPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

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"):

earplug (an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal)

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

 Context examples 

On the second, the medication was administered, but they only wore earphones with no melody.

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On the second, the medication was administered, but they only wore earphones with no melody.

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If you need a new kitchen appliance, computer, smart phone, earphones, car, or other electronic product, buy it in the first week of February, staying as far from Mercury retrograde (February 16) as possible.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)