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Homonyms #6
We give you a pair of definitions. You guess the homonym.
Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings.
Includes both true and polysemous homonyms
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| First submitted | June 7, 2013 |
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| Average score | 70.0% |
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27 Comments
whiterook1
+8
Level 49
Sep 8, 2014
Got stuck on thinking 'dome' for religious building and part of the head...d'oh!
SundarIsaacs
+1
Level 57
Jan 2, 2018
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sillie
+3
Level 75
Oct 27, 2014
Cantina... cantine? How the heck do you spell that?!
Rozzi
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Level 61
Nov 8, 2014
I'm not sure about 'permanent'. It's a perm which I think is actually short for 'permanent wave' - you wouldn't ask a hairdresser for a permanent surely!
ColoHarpare
+3
Level 49
Dec 20, 2014
Yes, in fact, you would. "I'd like a permanent, please" is pretty much what you'd say.
DonTheLamplighter
+16
Level 87
May 26, 2017
I would never ask a hairdresser for a permanent. I look ridiculous enough as it is.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 76
Jul 31, 2019
Does it look like a lampshade?
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Nov 12, 2019
For that matter, it's temporary. Lasts longer than bed curlers and irons though.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Sep 10, 2021
I was sure it had something to do with bond.
celebeth
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Level 72
Nov 8, 2014
100% with 42 seconds to spare.
jennraven
+1
Level 67
Sep 11, 2021
Only 9 seconds to spare here. I almost didn't get sink
triviaolivia
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Level 63
May 31, 2017
Great quiz, but it seems like a crazy amount of time allowed, no? I finished easily (and I'm a slow typer) in less than a minute and a half.
divantilya
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Level 36
Aug 17, 2019
Growing up, the Canteen was the food/drygoods store where government officers did their grocery shopping each month.
jennraven
+2
Level 67
Sep 11, 2021
I thought that was the commissary?
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Nov 12, 2019
Nag as a verb comes from the term of describing a woman, usually the wife, as an old nag.
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Aug 16, 2021
It's polysemous. Less satisfying but probably necessary for the number of quizzes in the series.
Zupity
+7
Level 67
Sep 10, 2021
There must be a better definition of quad. A four wheeled motorcycle perhaps, or one of four in a multiple birth. The only word I know for a campus courtyard is agora.
RobNobody
+5
Level 80
Sep 10, 2021
This may be a regional/cultural difference. "Quad" is a common standard term for a campus courtyard in US colleges, or at least all the ones I've ever known, while I've never heard anything outside of ancient Greece called an agora.
HyddenRizz
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Level 67
May 10, 2023
It's usually called a courtyard in the UK, though quad is a common term too.
PitifulExcuse
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Level 65
Feb 4, 2024
quad is short for quadrangle and i frequently came across it in lots of English books as a kid and later.
FrodoBaggins
+4
Level 76
Sep 10, 2021
Why is television a medium? Because it's neither rare nor very well done!
EcceHomo
+3
Level 85
Oct 5, 2021
Because it is one of 'the media'. In the singular.
dunkinggandalf2
+5
Level 72
Dec 21, 2023
An alternate definition for "miss" on the quiz could have been: "something you do to a joke".
kbgambrill
+1
Level 75
Sep 10, 2021
Eventually got 'Note' but I was hung up on trying to spell "Ti" of doh-rae-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 11, 2021
What's wrong with 'rag' for "To remind incessantly/Old, useless horse"?
WWBiscuit
+6
Level 59
Nov 15, 2021
Need to brush up on my American English for the homonym quizzes. My Australian English ain't cutting it.
mjthedinarwhal
+1
Level 66
Jan 19, 2025
Seat could be an acceptable answer for "a place to sit" and "head of a committee".
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