"hands-free" meaning in All languages combined

See hands-free on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From hands + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hands|free}} hands + -free Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=hands-free}} hands-free (not comparable)
  1. Not requiring one's hands to use. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hands-free-en-adj-v3jnDL6x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -free Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -free: 74 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handsfree

Noun [English]

Forms: hands-frees [plural]
Etymology: From hands + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hands|free}} hands + -free Head templates: {{en-noun|head=hands-free}} hands-free (plural hands-frees)
  1. A hands-free phone.
    Sense id: en-hands-free-en-noun-7wFKAv68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handsfree

Inflected forms

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