This document lists 50 English homographs, or words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and pronunciations. It provides the word, part of speech for each meaning, phonetic symbol, and definition. The homographs cover a variety of parts of speech including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and include examples like buffet (noun: table, verb: hit), bow (noun: weapon, verb: courtesy), close (verb: shut, adjective: near), and live (verb: exist, adjective: real).
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The List of English Homographs
This document lists 50 English homographs, or words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and pronunciations. It provides the word, part of speech for each meaning, phonetic symbol, and definition. The homographs cover a variety of parts of speech including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and include examples like buffet (noun: table, verb: hit), bow (noun: weapon, verb: courtesy), close (verb: shut, adjective: near), and live (verb: exist, adjective: real).