headphone

head·phone  (hdfn)

n.

A receiver, as for a telephone, radio, or stereo, held to the ear by a headband.

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Noun

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headphone - 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" earphone, earpiece, phone 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