- plural of headphone.
headphones
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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How have we not invented an open-air type of noise-cancelling headphones to shield noise waves and give us some quiet spaces outdoors?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Sony sent every athlete a free pair of headphones but star players wore Beats on the team bus, in training, through the tunnel... everywhere Fifa could not control.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
To investigate how different brain regions contribute to speech learning, the researchers first altered participants' speech in real time and played the modified speech back through headphones.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
So crank up the Victrola, press play on Spotify and nestle into your headphones.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
My noise-canceling headphones are not on my head.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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