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"I'm not sure about words that are strictly homonyms, but, even according to the most restrictive definitions, various pairs of sounds and meanings of bow and bough are homonyms, homographs, homophones, heterophones, heterographs, and are polysemous." - Bad Kitty! (answers.Yahoo.com)
* bow - To bend forward at the waist in respect (e.g. "bow down")
* bow - used with a violin -NEW! Added by me...-
* bow - the front of the ship (e.g. "bow and stern")
* bow - the weapon which shoots arrows (e.g. "bow and arrow")
* bow - a kind of tied ribbon (e.g. bow on a present, a bowtie)
* bow - to bend outward at the sides (e.g. a "bow-legged" cowboy)
* bough - a branch on a tree. (e.g. "when the bough breaks...")
* bō - a long staff, usually made of tapered hard wood or bamboo
* beau--a male paramour
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answers.Yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090510082302AAGid2i
This is the closest I can think of...
There is also fluke:
- A fish, and a flatworm.
- The end parts of an anchor.
- The fins on a whale's tail.
- A stroke of luck.
Noah Schuster
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∙ 13y ago"I'm not sure about words that are strictly homonyms, but, even according to the most restrictive definitions, various pairs of sounds and meanings of bow and bough are homonyms, homographs, homophones, heterophones, heterographs, and are polysemous." - Bad Kitty! (answers.yahoo.com)
* bow - To bend forward at the waist in respect (e.g. "bow down")
* bow - used with a violin -NEW! Added by me...-
* bow - the front of the ship (e.g. "bow and stern")
* bow - the weapon which shoots arrows (e.g. "bow and arrow")
* bow - a kind of tied ribbon (e.g. bow on a present, a bowtie)
* bow - to bend outward at the sides (e.g. a "bow-legged" cowboy)
* bough - a branch on a tree. (e.g. "when the bough breaks...")
* bō - a long staff, usually made of tapered hard wood or bamboo
* beau--a male paramour
Source(s):
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090510082302AAGid2i
This is the closest I can think of...
There is also fluke:
- A fish, and a flatworm.
- The end parts of an anchor.
- The fins on a whale's tail.
- A stroke of luck.
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