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A list of homonyms
This list of ambiguous words is essentially that of the University of Winnipeg's with a few editorial alterations of my own. Providing the two or more different definitions for each word form is left as an exercise to the reader.
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accommodation
account
ace
act
action
addition
admission
admit
advance
aerial
affair
age
air
allotment
allowance
angle
annual
appeal
approach
arch
arm
arms
article
ash
atmosphere
balance
ball
band
bank
bar
bark
base
bass
bat
battery
bay
bead
beam
bear
bearing
beat
bed
beef
being
belt
bench
bend
bill
bind
bird
bit
bitter
bitterness
blanket
block
bloom
blow
blue
bluff
blunt
board
body
boil
bolt
bond
book
boom
boot
bother
bound
bow
bowl
box
branch
break
brick
bridge
bright
broke
brownie
brush
bubble
buck
bug
bulb
bureau
business
button
cabinet
cable
cage
cake
calf
call
camp
can
cane
canteen
cap
cape
capital
card
cards
carp
case
cast
castor
catch
cause
cell
chain
challenge
champion
chance
change
channel
character
charge
charm
check
cheek
chest
chew
chicken
china
chip
chop
chuck
circuit
clasp
class
clink
clip
clog
close
club
coach
coast
coat
cock
cold
column
comb
compact
company
compliment
composition
compound
concern
condition
cone
console
constitution
contact
content
contract
contraction
control
convention
coolness
copper
copy
cord
corn
correspondenc
council
count
counter
country
course
court
cover
covered
crab
craft
crane
crank
creeper
crest
cricket
crock
crook
cross
crow
crush
crust
cue
cuff
culture
curb
cure
curse
cycle
dart
dash
date
dawn
deal
deck
decoration
deed
deep
degree
delta
demonstration
denomination
department
deposit
depression
descent
desert
design
diamond
die
diet
difference
digest
digit
dip
dirt
disc
discharge
discipline
ditch
dive
division
dock
doll
dough
dove
down
draft
drag
draw
dress
drill
drip
drive
driver
drop
drove
drum
dry
duck
dump
duty
ear
earth
edge
engagement
engineer
entrance
entry
essay
establishment
examination
excise
excuse
execution
exercise
exhaust
express
expression
eye
face
factor
faculty
faint
fair
fall
fan
fancy
fare
fashion
fast
fat
fault
favor
fawn
feature
feeling
felt
fence
fencing
field
figure
file
filling
film
fine
finish
fire
firm
fit
fix
flag
flash
flat
fleece
fleet
flies
flight
fling
float
flush
flutter
fly
foil
fold
following
foot
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force
forge
fork
form
fortune
foul
foundation
fox
frame
fray
free
fresh
fringe
frisk
front
fruit
function
fury
fuse
gag
gallery
game
gas
gather
gauntlet
gear
generation
germ
gift
gin
glare
glass
glasses
goal
governor
grace
grade
graft
grain
grape
grass
grate
grave
green
grill
grind
grip
gross
ground
grounds
growth
guide
gush
guy
habit
hail
ham
hamper
hand
hang
harbour
hard
harp
hatch
haul
haunt
head
heart
heat
hedge
heel
hem
hide
high
hive
hives
hog
hold
honey
hood
hoof
hop
hops
horn
hose
host
hound
hue
hull
humour
husky
ideal
illusion
image
impregnable
impression
incense
incline
induction
industry
interest
intimate
invalid
iron
issue
jack
jam
jar
jerk
jet
jingle
joint
juice
junk
just
justice
keel
kernel
key
kick
kid
kind
kink
knot
knuckle
lace
land
lap
lash
last
lead
leader
leaf
lean
left
letter
letters
lie
life
light
like
lime
limp
line
lip
list
litter
loaf
lobby
lock
lodge
log
long
loss
lot
lounge
low
lush
mad
magazine
maid
maiden
major
manners
marble
march
margin
mark
market
maroon
mass
match
mate
matter
meal
mean
mesh
mess
meter
might
mind
mine
minister
mint
minute
miss
model
mold
mole
moment
mortar
motion
motor
mug
mule
nag
nail
nap
native
nature
needle
nerve
net
note
notice
novel
number
nut
object
odd
oil
opening
operation
order
organ
outfit
pace
pack
package
pad
page
painting
palette
palm
panel
paper
park
part
party
pass
passage
paste
pat
patient
pattern
pawn
peck
peep
peer
pelt
pen
pepper
perch
perfect
period
permit
pest
pet
pew
pick
picket
picture
pigeon
pile
pin
pinch
pipe
piping
pit
pitch
pitcher
place
plain
plan
plane
plant
plate
play
plot
poach
pocket
point
poker
pole
polish
polka
pool
pop
port
position
post
pot
pound
pregnant
present
press
prime
print
produce
production
program
programme
project
proof
proposition
provision
prune
pump
punch
pupil
pupils
quack
quail
quarter
queen
quiver
race
rack
racket
rake
ram
range
rank
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rap
rare
rash
rate
rattle
rear
rebel
receipt
record
reed
reel
reflect
reformation
refrain
refuse
register
rein
relief
relish
rent
report
reservation
reserve
resignation
resistance
resolution
resort
rest
retreat
return
review
revolution
rib
rich
riddle
rifle
right
ring
road
rock
rod
roll
room
root
rose
rosebud
round
row
rubber
ruby
rule
ruler
run
rung
runner
rye
sack
safe
sage
sap
sash
saw
scale
scales
scallop
scene
scheme
school
scoop
scout
scrap
scratch
screen
scrub
seal
season
second
sense
sentence
service
set
settlement
sex
shade
shame
shape
share
sharp
sharpness
shed
sheet
shell
shift
ship
shock
shoot
shop
shot
shoulder
shower
shuttle
side
sign
silver
sink
sketch
skip
skirt
slab
slate
slide
sling
slip
slug
smack
smart
smelt
smoke
snap
snuff
sock
soil
sole
solution
sore
sound
sow
space
spade
span
spare
speaker
speech
speed
spell
spirit
spirits
split
spoke
sport
spot
spray
spread
spring
spur
spurt
square
squash
stable
staff
stag
stage
stake
stalk
stall
stamp
stand
standard
staple
star
state
statement
static
station
steep
steer
stem
step
stern
stew
stick
still
sting
stir
stitch
stock
stole
stool
stoop
store
story
stove
strain
strand
stranger
straw
stray
stress
strike
strip
stroke
strut
stud
stump
subject
substance
suit
suspect
swallow
swamp
swear
swell
swing
switch
tab
table
tablet
tack
tackle
tag
tank
tap
tape
taper
tart
taste
tax
tear
temple
tend
tender
term
terminal
terms
thread
throw
tick
tide
tie
till
tin
tip
tire
toast
token
toll
tool
top
touch
tower
toy
trace
track
trade
trail
train
trash
treat
treatment
trial
trick
trim
trip
troop
trouble
trunk
trust
try
tug
turn
tweed
type
undoing
uniform
unit
upset
urchin
vain
vault
veil
vein
vent
vessel
vice
view
virtue
vision
volume
wage
wake
walk
walker
wash
waste
watch
wave
waves
wax
way
wear
well
whip
will
wind
wing
wire
wonder
wood
work
worm
worth
wound
yard
yarn
yellow
yield
yoke
youth
zest
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