phones
See also: 'phones and phonés
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊnz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /foʊnz/
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Noun
phones
- plural of phone
- (informal) headphones
- 1990, Home & Studio Recording (volume 4, page 33)
- I don't like wearing phones for any length of time, but these are as comfortable as any I've tried. The only problem is that their isolation is so good, you feel cut off from the outside world and you can't hear what people are saying about you.
- 2015, Bethany Michaels, Naughty in Nashville Super Bundle
- I ripped the phones off my head, fluffed my hair, and tossed the crumpled lyric sheet in the garbage can before strolling into the control room like a queen.
- 1990, Home & Studio Recording (volume 4, page 33)
Verb
phones
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phone
Anagrams
- pheons, poshen, spheno-
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: phone, phonent
Verb
phones
- second-person singular present indicative of phoner
- second-person singular present subjunctive of phoner