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headphone definition

head·phone (hed′fōn′)

noun

  1. a listening device consisting of a single small speaker held to the ear by a band over the head
  2. a listening device consisting of two such speakers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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