The definition of homonymous refers to two words that are spelled or said the same but that have different meanings.
(adjective)The words glasses (to mean drinking glasses) and glasses (to mean eye glasses) are an example of words which would be described as homonymous.
See homonymous in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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See homonymous in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: From Latin homōnymus
Origin: , from Greek homōnumos
Origin: : homo-, homo-
Origin: + onuma, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots
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