Crossword-Solution: HOMOPHONE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Homophone | n. | A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. |
| Homophone | n. | A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “HOMOPHONE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Punster's instrument | 1 answer |
| Word that is pronounced the same as another | 1 answer |
| Cache for cash, say | 2 answers |
| WORD with same pronunciation, different meaning | 2 answers |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
AGTEA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with HOMOPHONE (3)
The Kamilaroi bundar (=kangaroo) may give us a clue to the meaning of the Dippil Bundar[125]; the Kiabara Bulcoin has a homophone in the Peechera tribe, where it means kangaroo; on the Hastings River it means red wallaby.
The following will indicate one way in which you may proceed in memorising the attachments of the muscles of the back: (1) First make a homophone of the name of the muscle.
For example: "The SPLENIUS COLLI is attached, inferiorly, to the spinous processes of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal vertebræ, and superiorly to the transverse processes of the first two or three cervical vertebræ." spleniuS COLLi (homophone) SCOLD.
Quotes with HOMOPHONE (1)
I challenge you to find a more innocuous sentence containing the words sperm, suction, swallow, and any homophone of seaman. And then call me up on the homophone and read it to me.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1995–2012).