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HOMOPHONE
HOMOPHONE. One of two or more words that are identical in sound but different in spelling and meaning: beer/bier, there/their/they're. The occurrence of homophones is largely a matter of historical chance, in which words with distinct meanings come to coincide phonologically: byre a cowshed, buyer one who buys. Words may be homophones in one variety of English but not another: father/farther and for/four are homophonous in RP, but not in AmE and ScoE; wails/Wales are general homophones; wails/Wales/whales are homophones for many, but not in IrE and ScoE. Whether/whither are homophones in Scotland, but not whether/weather, which are homophones in England. See HOMONYM.
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TOM McARTHUR. "HOMOPHONE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "HOMOPHONE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-HOMOPHONE.html TOM McARTHUR. "HOMOPHONE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-HOMOPHONE.html |
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homophone
ho·mo·phone / ˈhäməˌfōn; ˈhōmə-/ • n. each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, e.g., new and knew. ∎ each of a set of symbols denoting the same sound or group of sounds. |
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"homophone." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "homophone." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-homophone.html "homophone." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-homophone.html |
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homophone
homophone. 2 harp str. tuned to produce the same note.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "homophone." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "homophone." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-homophone.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "homophone." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-homophone.html |
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homophone
•alone, atone, Beaune, bemoan, blown, bone, Capone, clone, Cohn, Cologne, condone, cone, co-own, crone, drone, enthrone, flown, foreknown, foreshown, groan, grown, half-tone, home-grown, hone, Joan, known, leone, loan, lone, moan, Mon, mown, ochone, outflown, outgrown, own, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, rone, sewn, shown, Simone, Sloane, Soane, sone, sown, stone, strown, throne, thrown, tone, trombone, Tyrone, unbeknown, undersown, zone
•Dione • backbone • hambone
•breastbone • aitchbone
•tail bone, whalebone
•cheekbone • shin bone • hip bone
•wishbone • splint bone • herringbone
•thigh bone • jawbone • marrowbone
•knuckle bone • collarbone
•methadone • headphone • cellphone
•heckelphone • payphone • Freefone
•radio-telephone, telephone
•videophone • francophone
•megaphone • speakerphone
•allophone • Anglophone • xylophone
•gramophone • homophone
•vibraphone • microphone
•saxophone • answerphone
•dictaphone
•sarrusophone, sousaphone
•silicone • pine cone • snow cone
•flyblown • cyclone • violone
•hormone • pheromone • Oenone
•chaperone • progesterone
•testosterone
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"homophone." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "homophone." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-homophone.html "homophone." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-homophone.html |
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