"homophone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɒməfəʊ̯n/ [UK], /ˈhɑːməfoʊ̯n/ [US] Audio: en-us-homophone.ogg [US] Forms: homophone [singular], homophones [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A word that sounds like another word, even though they have different meanings.
    Sense id: simple-homophone-en-noun-WNzt3cgR
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "homophone",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "homophones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"right\" and \"write\" are homophones."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word that sounds like another word, even though they have different meanings."
      ],
      "id": "simple-homophone-en-noun-WNzt3cgR",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒməfəʊ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑːməfoʊ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-homophone.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "homophone"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "homophone",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "homophones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"right\" and \"write\" are homophones."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word that sounds like another word, even though they have different meanings."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒməfəʊ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑːməfoʊ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-homophone.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "homophone"
}

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