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HOMOGRAPH

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

• HOMOGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

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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 or spelled the same way but have different meanings)

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