homonym

How To Use homonym In A Sentence

• I didn't think the theme fill was that strong, in that two were puns (MONGREL EMPIRE and the delightful MUTTVILLE NINE) while the third, CUR CURRICULUM, seemed to be just a kind of homonymic construction. Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
• Based on the existing researches, this paper carries out homonymy research from different points of views, like lexicology, semantics, rhetoric, pragmatics, comparative linguistics and so on.
• But none of these homonymous duos served simultaneously. The Monster That Ate Congress
• That is because homonymic items, especially modern ones, convey meanings in somewhat special ways.
• So much humor depends upon homonyms and creative mishearing.
• Rather, I'm interested in homonymy - in particular, the word quire.
• You may have noticed that homonymy and polysemy are very similar.
• Ear (of corn) and ear (the organ) are examples of homonymy, because etymologically the former derives from Old English éar while the latter derives from Old English éare.
• Villa Traful is a green, hilly private valley bordering the spectacular homonymous lake. Pepe Escobar: Patagonia: The End of the World Is on Sale
• In doing this, lexicographers generally take the view that homonymy relates to different words whose forms have converged while polysemy relates to one word whose meanings have diverged or radiated.