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headphones
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
headphones
(noun)
headphones
/
ˈ
hɛdˌfoʊnz/
noun
headphones
/
ˈ
hɛdˌfoʊnz/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of HEADPHONES
[
plural
]
:
a device that is worn over your ears and used for listening to music, the radio, etc., without having other people hear it
a pair/set of
headphones
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