a piece of equipment that you wear over your ears to listen to the radio, music etc without other people hearing it
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS VERB use ▪ Some studies of portable cassette players found that test subjects usedheadphones at levels ranging from 65-112 decibels. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As if by magic, a stereo disc or tape heard through headphones produces a surround of sound. ▪ Even so, these are good headphones. ▪ He fussed about what kind of headphones to use on the aircraft, approved uniforms and checked menus. ▪ I say and pick his headphones up and hand them to him. ▪ We strap on the goggles and headphones which are wired up to what looks like a drum machine.
head‧phones/ˈhedfəʊnz $ -foʊnz/ noun [PLURAL] 