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List of true homonyms

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Homonyms, broadly defined, are words that are spelled the same and pronounced the same as each other, and yet have different meanings. These are ambiguous words, which have a meaning that depends on context. The category is somewhat subjective because words sometimes have related meanings that differ only very slightly. The Oxford English Dictionary use the term more narrowly, referring only to words that have different meanings and different origins, excluding a number of words with related meanings.

  1. address
  2. arm
  3. back
  4. bank[1]
  5. bark
  6. base
  7. bat
  8. beam
  9. beams
  10. bear
  11. blow
  12. board
  13. bolt
  14. book
  15. bore
  16. bow
  17. box
  18. break
  19. bustier
  20. cabinet
  21. can
  22. case
  23. cast
  24. cave
  25. chair
  26. change
  27. check
  28. chicken
  29. chip
  30. circular
  31. clear
  32. cleave
  33. close
  34. club
  35. command
  36. content
  37. contract
  38. cool
  39. cordial
  40. current
  41. crane
  42. dance
  43. dear
  44. deck
  45. down
  46. duck[1]
  47. dust
  48. employ
  49. entrance
  50. even
  51. evening
  52. exact
  53. fair
  54. fall
  55. fast
  56. fat
  57. fathom
  58. fawn
  59. file
  60. film
  61. fine
  62. fire
  63. firm
  64. fish
  65. flat
  66. fly
  67. fold
  68. foot
  69. force
  70. forearm
  71. forearms
  72. former
  73. forte
  74. found
  75. founder
  76. frank
  77. fray
  78. fret
  79. frieze
  80. fritter
  81. frizz
  82. frizzle
  83. frog
  84. fry
  85. fudge
  86. funny
  87. furrier
  88. fuzz
  89. gab
  90. gad
  91. gaff
  92. gage
  93. gale
  94. gall
  95. gam
  96. gauntlet
  97. general
  98. gig
  99. gill
  100. gills
  101. gimp
  102. gin
  103. glass
  104. gloss
  105. glossy
  106. glower
  107. gob
  108. goose
  109. gore
  110. graft
  111. grand
  112. grave
  113. graves
  114. graze
  115. groom
  116. gross
  117. grouper
  118. grouse
  119. gull
  120. gum
  121. hack
  122. hail
  123. halt
  124. hatch
  125. haze
  126. heaven
  127. heel
  128. hide
  129. hind
  130. hinder
  131. hip
  132. hold
  133. hood
  134. horn
  135. host
  136. hot
  137. hue
  138. husky
  139. inferior
  140. insult
  141. iron
  142. jade
  143. jag
  144. jam
  145. jar
  146. jay
  147. jeer
  148. jerk
  149. jet
  150. jetty
  151. jib
  152. jumper
  153. junk
  154. journey
  155. just
  156. ken
  157. key
  158. kid
  159. kind
  160. know
  161. lap
  162. lark
  163. last
  164. lead
  165. leading
  166. leads
  167. learned
  168. left
  169. let
  170. letter
  171. light
  172. live
  173. long
  174. lower
  175. lowered
  176. lowering
  177. lowers
  178. lie
  179. lying
  180. lies
  181. line
  182. man
  183. match
  184. may
  185. mead
  186. mean
  187. mine
  188. mole
  189. mortar
  190. murder
  191. nail
  192. object
  193. objective
  194. order
  195. park
  196. peddle
  197. pick
  198. pile
  199. pitcher
  200. play
  201. plaque
  202. point
  203. pole
  204. pound
  205. pot
  206. quarry
  207. read
  208. reign
  209. remote
  210. reticule
  211. right
  212. rock
  213. rocket
  214. rose
  215. routed
  216. routing
  217. row
  218. saw
  219. scale
  220. seal
  221. second
  222. seek
  223. serve
  224. set
  225. shag
  226. show
  227. shower
  228. sick
  229. sign
  230. sing
  231. sink
  232. sock
  233. sow
  234. space
  235. spring
  236. spruce
  237. square
  238. stalk
  239. stall
  240. stud
  241. suit
  242. tank
  243. tear
  244. tender
  245. tie
  246. tire
  247. trip
  248. trivial
  249. tongue
  250. trunk
  251. valence
  252. valences
  253. wave
  254. watch
  255. well
  256. wind
  257. wound
  258. worsted
  259. yard

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Column: A Word, Please: Investigating synonyms, homonyms, homomorphs and more". Burbank Leader. 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

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