1. one of two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The word ‘bow’ is a homograph that can mean a weapon or the front of a ship.
• Students often confuse homographs like ‘lead’ the metal and ‘lead’ the verb.
• The teacher explained that ‘tear’ meaning to rip and ‘tear’ from crying are homographs.
• Bass the fish and bass the low musical note are perfect examples of homographs.
• Wind meaning air movement and wind meaning to turn are common homographs.
• The dictionary listed several homographs under the same spelling.