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Noun: headphone  'hed,fown
  1. 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 headphones that she disliked";
    - earphone, earpiece, phone

Derived forms: headphones

Type of: electro-acoustic transducer

Encyclopedia: Headphone