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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Homonym \Hom"o*nym\, n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.] A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

homonym n 1: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings