headphone
/'hedfoun/
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Definition
- Noun:
- An electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sound waves. It is designed to be worn on or placed in the ear, allowing a single listener to hear audio privately without disturbing others.
- (Often used in the plural form headphones) A pair of such devices connected by a band worn over the head or around the neck, or as separate earpieces.
Usage
- Noun:
- She put on her headphone to listen to the podcast. (She used a single earpiece to listen.)
- I need to buy new headphones for my computer. (I need to buy a new pair of audio devices for listening.)
- The headphone jack on my phone is broken. (The port for connecting an earpiece is broken.)
Advanced Usage
- "Noise-cancelling headphone": A type of headphone that uses technology to reduce unwanted ambient sounds.
- His noise-cancelling headphones make long flights much more peaceful.
- "Over-ear headphone": A headphone with large cups that fully enclose the ear.
- Over-ear headphones often provide better sound isolation.
- "In-ear headphone": A small headphone that is inserted directly into the ear canal; also commonly called an earbud or in-ear monitor.
- She prefers in-ear headphones for running.
Variants and Related Words
- Headset (n): A pair of headphones with an attached microphone for two-way communication.
- The customer service agent wore a headset.
- Earphone (n): A synonym, often referring to a smaller device inserted into the ear. Sometimes used interchangeably with .
- The earphones that came with my phone broke.
- Earpiece (n): A generic term for a device worn in or over the ear to hear sound; can be part of a headphone or a single listening device.
- The spy communicated through a hidden earpiece.
Synonyms
- Earphone: A small listening device for the ear.
- Headset: Headphones with a microphone.
- Earpiece: A device for listening worn on the ear.
Related Phrases
- To put on headphones: To place headphones on one's head to start listening.
- He puts on his headphones every morning on the train.
- To take off headphones: To remove headphones from one's head.
- Please take off your headphones when I'm speaking to you.
Idioms
(No common idioms are directly formed with the word "headphone".)
Noun
- 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