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HOMOGRAPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homograph mean?
• HOMOGRAPH (noun)
The noun HOMOGRAPH has 1 sense:
1. two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
Familiarity information: HOMOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("homograph" is a kind of...):
homonym (two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings)
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