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homophone

The definition of a homophone is one of two or more words that sound the same but that mean different things.

(noun)

An example of a set of homophones is the word "beat" which could mean something the stroke made on a drum and the word "beet" which is a red root vegetable.

See homophone in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of two or more letters or groups of letters representing the same speech sound (Ex.: c in civil and s in song)
homonym (sense )

Origin: < Gr homophōnos: see homophonic

Related Forms:

homophonous adjective

See homophone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.

Related Forms:

ho·mophˈo·nous (hō-mŏfˈə-nəs) adjective

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