Meaning

3 senses
  1. A speaker placed inside or held near to the ear.

    Holonym: headpiece (sometimes holonymous)

    Holding the earpiece to my ear, I could hear him speaking clearly.

    Ohrhörer, Ohrstück

    нау́шникnaúšnik

  2. A receiver of a telephone to hold near to one's ear.

    Hörer

  3. The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place.

    My glasses won't stay on, as I've broken the left earpiece.

    ду́жкаdúžka

More definitions
  • electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The bodyguard was wearing an earpiece.

    deDer Personenschützer hatte einen Knopf im Ohr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He wore an earpiece so that she would guide him.

  3. He wore an earpiece.

    deEr hatte einen Knopf im Ohr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. At the end of my work day, I remove my name tag and earpiece and leave them in my locker.

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  5. There was a series of clicks and buzzes in the earpiece then Zack heard a man's deep voice.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
speaker placed inside or held near the ear:
arm of pair of glasses:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
speaker placed inside or held near the ear:
receiver of a telephone to hold near to ear:

Origin

From ear + piece.

From ear + piece.

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Forms

plural: earpieces
Singularearpiece
Pluralearpieces

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear:earphoneheadphonephone

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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