From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishearphoneear‧phone /ˈɪəfəʊn $ ˈɪrfoʊn/ noun [usually plural] TCRa small piece of equipment connected by a wire to a radio, personal stereo etc, which you put in or over your ears so that only you can listen to it
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earphone• Just as consumers were digesting that idea, another report concluded earphones might actually increase the risk.• Franny has taken off her earphones.• The foreigner stumbled on a few steps, his brains leaking out around his earphones, and collapsed in a heap.• Ear defenders: Are supplied in the form of plug or fibre ear inserts or earphone types which fully enclose the ear.• I stay in, play Bach on the earphones and vacuum the broadloom.• I want to shake Franny or smash the earphones.• Another part I thought was bad was the earphone.• Insert the jack plug into the stereo unit earphone socket and turn the volume control to a low level. 