Cambridge Dictionary of American English
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Definition
homonym
[Hide phonetics]noun [C]
SPECIALIZED
a word that is spelled the same as another word but that does not have the same meaning
"Close" as a verb and "close" as an adjective are homonyms.
A homonym is also a homophone.
