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[hom-uh-fohn, hoh-muh-] 
əˌfoʊn
–noun
| 1. | Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air. |
| 2. | a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English. |
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| hom·o·phone (hŏm'ə-fōn', hō'mə-) n. One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. ho·moph'o·nous (hō-mŏf'ə-nəs) adj. |
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Homophone
Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.]1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. --Gliddon. 2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
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