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HEADPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headphone mean? 

HEADPHONE (noun)
  The noun HEADPHONE has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HEADPHONE (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 ("headphone" 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 "headphone"):

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

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


 Context examples 


Listening to loud music, especially on headphones, is a common cause of noise-induced hearing loss.

(Noise, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Potential risks to the brain can be minimised by using headphones or the loud speaker while calling, in particular when network quality is low and the mobile phone is functioning at maximum power.

(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This includes refraining from buying a car, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, headphones, smart phone, new TV, or expensive air buds.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Avoid buying or leasing a car, computer, kitchen appliance, vacuum cleaner, TV set, new headphones, or any other such item that you might need or want to send as a gift to another person.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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