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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Homophone

/hōm'-ōf-ōnˌ/ · Hom·o·phone · IPA /ˈhɑməfoʊn/
01 n. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
  1. 1.
    A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
  2. 2.
    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.