headphones

/ ˈhɛdˌfəʊnz /

plural noun

1. Informal name: cans. an electrical device consisting of two earphones held in position by a flexible metallic strap passing over the head

Example Sentences

A coroner has released a number of videos that show teenager Noah Donohoe leaving his house in the early hours of the day he disappeared, and returning barefoot and without his headphones.

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He became determined to unlock the soothing power of music for others, and took the first steps to building Pauly’s Project — a nonprofit that distributes headphones and radios in Skid Row.

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Soon after he returned, he was working alone inside a nearly built house listening to music on his headphones when he sensed someone watching him.

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Fashion is cyclical, but that doesn’t explain the resurgence of wired headphones and plastic Nalgene water bottles.

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First, I was asked to sit, relax and listen to white noise through a set of headphones.

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Related Words

• earphones www.thesaurus.com
• headphone 
• headset