earpiece
Noun: 1. A small device that fits in or over the ear, used for listening to sound from a radio, telephone, or other electronic device. It is an electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into audible sounds. 2. The part of a pair of glasses (spectacles) that fits over or behind the ear. This sense refers to the temple or sidepiece of a frame.
The word "earpiece" is used to describe a listening device worn on a single ear or the structural component of eyewear. It is a countable noun.
Examples: - As a listening device: - The detective adjusted the tiny earpiece to hear the transmission more clearly. - She removed the earpiece of her Bluetooth headset to talk to the person next to her. - As part of glasses: - The earpiece of his glasses was bent, so they wouldn't stay on his face. - These frames have flexible earpieces for a more comfortable fit.
- "Wired earpiece": An earpiece connected by a physical cable.
- The call center agent used a wired earpiece to keep her hands free.
- "Wireless earpiece": An earpiece that connects via Bluetooth or similar technology.
- His wireless earpiece allows him to take calls while cycling.
- Earphone (n): Often used synonymously with the listening device sense of "earpiece," though "earphone" can imply one of a pair.
- Headset (n): A device consisting of one or two earphones with a microphone.
- Receiver (n): In telephony, the part of a telephone handset containing the earpiece.
- Temple (n): The technical term for the earpiece or sidepiece of a pair of glasses.
- Earpiece (listening device): Earphone, receiver, bud (informal, like "earbud").
- Earpiece (glasses part): Temple, sidepiece, arm.
- "To have one's earpiece in": To be wearing a listening device, often implying readiness for communication.
- The security team all had their earpieces in before the event started.
- "Broken earpiece": Can refer to either a malfunctioning listening device or a damaged part of glasses.
- I need to get my glasses fixed; I have a broken earpiece.
- 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