2006-08-22 06:20:56 · 20 answers · asked by DM 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Here's what dictionary.com sez so far....
5 entries bread
22 entries no
4 entries Aardvark
1 entry Googlewhacking
4 entries yes
3 entries dictionary
2 entries motorcade
2 entries Wok
2 entries Grandpa
2 entries Tawny
1 entry Ankh
1 entry ansate cross
3 entries archipelago
6 entries archer
2 entries archbishop
No entry Snakes on a Plane
1 entry antidisestablishmentarianism
No entry SpongeBob
2 entries sometimes a noun sometimes adj. that more than one meaning...
Googlewhacking is a new creation - 1 meaning so far!!!! (where do those ads come from on dictionary.com)
Ankh and/or ansate cross has been around a long time
Snakes on a plane - dictionaries are slow to take on new words or phrases and such...
SpongeBob - dictionaries are slow to take on new words or phrases and such...
antidisestablishmentarianism has been around a long time too - altho it has 2 meanings - one original meaning and now the 1 meaning is different than the original.
2006-08-22 07:20:30 · update #1
Wok
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wok
Grandpa
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grandpa
Tawny
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tawny
Ankh
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=ankh
2006-08-22 06:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google Whack
2006-08-22 13:27:26 · answer #2 · answered by J23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of a word, except perhaps very specific nouns, that can't be interpreted in multiple ways.
And in reference to the first one, even "bread" has multiple meanings. Have you never heard it used as a term for money? :o)
2006-08-22 13:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by deathbywedgie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That, actually,is a pretty cool question. But, no, I can't ever remembering encountering such a word.
I don't think it would be too hard to find one, though.
2006-08-22 13:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I looked up 'Snakes on a Plane' in my Webster's dictionary and it told me there really is no meaning or reason for it at all.
2006-08-22 13:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by kenny_the_bomb 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont think so.
Try searching through dictionary.com if such word exists, if you're curious.
2006-08-22 13:27:09 · answer #6 · answered by just us4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aardvark. Right at the beginning.
2006-08-22 13:27:24 · answer #7 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SpongeBob --
[adjective]:
Smelling like turnips at all times
2006-08-22 13:31:43 · answer #8 · answered by Demon of hand-writing analysis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes the word is antidisestablishmentarianism
2006-08-22 13:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are many words. the word 'dictionary' only has one meaning..there are millions i guess.
2006-08-22 13:27:44 · answer #10 · answered by Bhavesh.Chauhan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋