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EERP-ees/ˈɪəpiːs/

An earpiece is the part of a phone, radio, or headphone that you hold to or put in your ear: the earpiece of; an earpiece in. Headphone is the pair; receiver is older telephony. Name the earpiece in the H&S brief, then the dB limit. Mix-up: earpiece vs eardrum (this batch); earpiece vs earring; do not write earpiece for a loudspeaker in the room.

Meaning

The part of a phone, radio, or headphone that you hold to or put in your ear.

Examples

• “Name the earpiece in the H&S brief, then the dB limit, not a gadget advert.”
• “A radio earpiece featured in the newsroom source, which is still a named device — quote the channel if given.”

Good to know

the earpiece of a phone; an in-ear earpiece. Close: receiver / earphone. Trap: eardrum / earring / a room speaker. Media, H&S, and computing. The bit you listen through — name the device and the dB.

Near in meaning

earphone, receiver, in-ear piece

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