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homophone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun homophone has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
homophone, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.].
- A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon. [1913 Webster]
- A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homophone, n.
1 a word having the same sound as another but of different meaning or origin (e.g. pair, pear).
2 a symbol denoting the same sound as another.
1 a word having the same sound as another but of different meaning or origin (e.g. pair, pear).
2 a symbol denoting the same sound as another.
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