HETERONYM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation

Example:

the word 'bow' is an example of a heteronym

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("heteronym" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

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