Homonyms

A homonym is a word that has the same spelling and the same pronunciation as another word, but has a different meaning from it. For example, bill can be a noun meaning a written statement of money owed, but it can also be a noun meaning a bird's beak. Similarly, fair can be an adjective meaning attractive, but it can also be a noun meaning a market. There are many more such words.

A
Adam	The first man			Relating to a decorative style of furniture
adder	One who adds			Common viper
advert	To refer to			Short for advertisement
affect	Have an effect upon			Pretend, feign
ajar	Partly open			At discord
alight	Get down, dismount			On fire
ament	Thong or strap			Person with amentia
amice	Piece of white linen worn by Roman Catholic priests			Hood, cap or cape worn by members of certain religious orders
ancient	Very old			Flag, standard
angle	Inclination of two lines towards each other			To fish with rod and line
arbor	Main shaft or axle			Bower
arch	Curved structure			Self-consciously teasing, roguish or mischievous
are	100 square meter units			Present tense of "to be"
Arian	Follower of Arius of Alexandria			One born under the zodiacal constellation Aries
arm	A weapon	To take up weapons		Upper limb of the human body
armlesss	Destitute of weapons			Without arms
ash	Residue left after burning of something			Forest tree
ashen	Ash-coloured	Relating to ashes		Of or relating to the ash-tree
asses	Plural of ass			Plural of as (Roman copper coin)
axis	Central reference point			Asian deer
B
back	Opposite to the front	To support		Large tub used in brewing, distilling, dying, etc.
bail	Security, guarantee			Empty a boat of water
bale	A package			Evil, mischief, calamity
ball	A spherical body, globe			Social assembly for dancing
band	A transverse strip, strap	To fasten with a band		Company of musicians	An assemblage of people	To form a band
bandy	Pass or toss to and fro			Crooked, bent outward
bank	Raised shelf or ridge			Establishment which deal in money
bar	A straight length of any material	To exclude		Unit of atmospheric pressure
barb	A recurved point	A sting		A fine breed of horse/pigeon
bard	A minstrel	A poet		A slice of bacon put on meat before roasting
bark	Cry of a dog			Exterior covering of a tree
barker	An auction tout	Vocal advertiser for a circus, etc.		One who strips bark from a tree
barrack	A temporary hut	Building used to house troops		To jeer
barring	Furnishing with bars	Excluding		Except, omitting
base	Lowest part; fundamental			Low in moral scale, unworthy
bass	A type of fish			The inner bark of the lime tree
basset	A type of dog			To crop out at the surface
baste	Moisten a roasting joint with liquid fat, grave, etc.			To sew, tack, fasten together with long stitches
bat	Wooden instrument used to strike ball in cricket or similar games			Small nocturnal flying mammal
bate	With breath held in check			Alkaline lye used in tanning
bath	Container for water or other liquids			Ancient Hebrew liquid measureof about 6½ gallons
batten	A strip of wood			To thrive, prosper
batter	Strike with successive blows	In cooking, a mixture of several ingredients		To incline from the perpendicular with a receding slope
battering	The act of striking or beating			Sloping inwards
battled	Fought			Embattled, protected with battlements
bear	Large mammal			To carry, wear, show or display
beaver	Amphibious rodent mammal			Lower part of a visor
beck	A nod, gesture of the finger or hand			A brook, rivulet
beetle	An insect			A maul, heavy wooden mallet	To jut out, hang over
bell	A musical instrument			Cry of a stag at rutting time
bennet	An herb			A dry grass stalk
bent	An inclination, bias	Disposition		Stiff rushlike grass
bergamot	A citrus tree			A juicy kind of pear
better	One who bets			Superior, more excellent
bill	Statement of particulars of goods delivered or services rendered			Horny beak of birds	An obsolete weapon
billet	Soldier's quarters			Small log or faggot
bit	A small portion			Part of a horse's bridle	A binary unit
bittern	A wading bird			Liquid obtained when sea water is evaporated to obtain salt
blaze	Bright glowing flame			White mark on face of a horse, etc.
bleak	Bare of vegetation	Cold, chilly, desolate		Small river fish
blot	Spot or stain of ink or other discolouring matter			An exposed piece at backgammon
blow	Send directed air, especially from mouth			A stroke with the fist or other weapon
bluff	Having a broad, flattened face or front	Abrupt, blunt, frank		Blinker of a horse	An excuse, a blind	To hoodwink
bogey	In golf, one stroke over par			A spectre; an awkward thing or circumstance
boil	Agitated by the action of heat			A hard, inflamed, suppurating tumour
bole	Stem or trunk of a tree			Clay containing iron oxide
bolt	A short arrow	Roll of fabric		Metal pin	A sieve for separating bran from flour
bombast	High-sounding words	Inflated speech		To stuff out, inflate
bond	Something that binds or confines			In serfdom or slavery
bongo	Small hand drum			A rare antelope
boom	Loud, deep, resonant sound			Long spar to extend the foot of a particular sail
boon	A benefit, blessing			Close, intimate
bore	Perforate, make a hole through			High, fast tidal wave	A tiresome person
boss	A protuberant part			Foreman, manager, chief, leader
botch	A clumsy patch	Bungled piece of work		An ulcerous swelling
botcher	A mender, patcher, bungler			A young salmon
bottle	A glass vessel			A bundle of hay or straw
bound	To leap, spring	A limit, boundry		Under obligation	Prepared, ready
bow	An ornamental knot	A weapon		Bend head forward	Rounded fore-end of a ship or boat
bower	An arbour, shady retreat	The knaves in euchre		The anchors carried in the bows of a ship or boat
bowl	A hollow vessel			Ball used in game of bowls
box	A case with a lid	A small evergreen shrub		To fight with fists or gloves
brack	A flaw or tear in a cloth or dress			Cake or bread containing dried fruit
brake	An appliance for stopping motion	A mass of brushwood, thicket		Instrument for breaking flax or hemp
brash	Impertinent, cheeky; vulgarly assertive			Disintegrated rock or rubble
bravo	Well done!			A hired assassin	A bandit, desperado
brawl	To quarrel noisily			A French dance
bream	A freshwater fish			To clear a ship's bottom of ooze, seaweed, shellfish, etc.
breeze	A light wind	A gadfly		Small cinders and cinder dust
brent	Small wild goose			Steep, precipitous, lofty
bridge	A structure for carrying traffic, etc. over water, ravines, etc.			A card game
brier	A thorny shrub			The white or tree heath
brocket	A stag in its second year			A small South American deer
brook	Small stream			To endure, support, put up with
buck	The male of the fallow deer			The body of a wagon or cart	A sawhorse
budge	To move from one's place			Kind of fur made of lambskin
bug	Small insect			A hobgoblin, bugbear
bugle	A hunting horn	Long, slender glass bead		A creeping plant
bulk	Magnitude of three dimensions			Framework projecting in front of a shop for displaying goods
bull	Uncastrated male bovine mammal			A papal edict	A ludicrous contradiction
bump	A thump, dull, heavy blow			The cry of the bittern
bunt	The middle part of a sail, formed into a cavity			A type of fungus
burn	Consume by fire			A small stream, brook
bush	A thick shrub			Metal lining of an axle-hole or similar
busk	To perform in public for money			Stiffening bone in a corset
bustle	Activity with noise and excitement			Pad, cushion or framework to expand a woman's dress
butt	The hinder end of a tool, weapon, etc.	A large cask	A goal, target	Type of flatfish
buzzard	Large bird of prey			Any large nocturnal insect

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