headphone

headphone
noun Date: 1914 an earphone held over the ear by a band worn on the head — usually used in plural

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  • headphone — 1914, from HEAD (Cf. head) (n.) + second element extracted from TELEPHONE (Cf. telephone) …   Etymology dictionary

  • headphone — [hed′fōn΄] n. 1. a listening device consisting of a single small speaker held to the ear by a band over the head 2. [usually pl.] a listening device consisting of two such speakers …   English World dictionary

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