earbuds
SayEER-budzUS/ˈiɹ.bʌdz/UK/ˈɪə.bʌdz/
- 1Plural of earbud.
He left his earbuds on the train and had to buy a new pair.
These earbuds block out background noise surprisingly well.
Note
A regular plural with a plain -s. It is the form met most often in shops and on packaging, because the devices are sold and worn as a matched pair: a pair of earbuds. The closed spelling has an open variant, ear buds, and the plural simply follows whichever one a writer uses. When only one goes missing, the singular earbud names it.
earbuds is a form of earbud
earbud, noun: A small earphone made to sit in the ear canal, used with portable audio devices. Full entry
- Forms
- earbudearbuds plural
- Spelling
- earbud → earbuds: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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