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Homonym = words that has the same pronunciation and spelling as another word, but has a different meaning...e.g the word:
Bow= the kind you make with a ribbon
Bow=the kind you use with an arrow......the one who gets the most earns their 10 points.

2006-10-22 02:29:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

5 answers

1. Right == correct
Right == opposed to left
2. Stalk == part of a plant
Stalk == follow
3. Fan == lovers (Bluenose / Birmingham, Hooligan / England)
Fan == wind blower
4. Role & Role
5. Bank (embankment) & Bank (place where money is kept)
6. Goal (Soccer) & Goal
7. Like (care & love) & Like

2006-10-22 02:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by Rc'Brummies 2 · 1 0

[contains some regional and ethnic pronunciations]

grate : great
way : weigh
there : their : they're
bow : bough
row : roe
nay : neigh
none : nun
real : reel
sun : son
steak : stake
hay : hey
stair : stare
flower : flour
rain : rein : reign
doe : dough
sail : sale
hail : hale
ant : aunt
die : dye
fisher : fissure
pray : prey
bell : belle
metal : medal : mettle
tail : tale
meet : meat : mete
poor : pour
sight : site
in : inn
pear : pair : pare
one : won
two : to : too
four : for : fore
eight : ate
write : right : rite
I : aye : eye
you : yew
heel : heal : he'll
ring : wring
lay : lei
waist : waste
blew : blue
read : red
soul : sole
soled : sold
ail : ale
route : root
sell : cell
buy : bye

2006-10-22 10:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by alchemist0750 4 · 0 0

The word stalk, meaning either part of a plant or to follow (someone) around.
the fish fluke and fluke, part of the tail of a whale
the metal lead and the verb form lead
"bear", the animal, and "bear", to support, to tolerate,

2006-10-22 09:35:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

swallow (bird), swallow (gulp)
pink (colour), pink (puncture), pink (cut with zig-zag scissors)
rifle (gun), rifle (search through)
bolt (metal fastener), bolt (run away)
saw (for cutting), saw (have seen)
pick (for digging), pick (select)

but NOT

crane (lifting device), crane (bird) - two meanings of the same word.

2006-10-22 17:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by bh8153 7 · 0 0

click here
http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html

Hope this site is useful to you.

2006-10-23 22:44:38 · answer #5 · answered by dolphin_heart19 4 · 1 0

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