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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)play

  Familiarity information: HOMOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOMOGRAPH (noun)


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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