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earphone

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ear·phone  (îrfn)
n.
A device that converts electric signals, as from a telephone, stereo, or radio receiver, to audible sound and fits over or in the ear. Also called earpiece.

earphone
Noun
a small device connected to a radio or tape recorder and worn over the ear, so that a person can listen to a broadcast or tape without anyone else hearing it
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Noun1.earphoneearphone - electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
earplug - an earphone that is inserted into the ear canal
electro-acoustic transducer - a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
telephone receiver, receiver - earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds


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