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Multiple-Meaning Words

A multiple-meaning word is spelled and said the same way but means different things: a bat flies at night, and you hit a ball with a bat. Context is the only clue, which is why these words are such good reading practice.

Here are 124 multiple-meaning words from past ClueBy puzzles, each with a real example sentence for every meaning. Use them as a reference, or make a printable worksheet below.

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Multiple-Meaning Words

Name: ____________________Date: __________

Write the missing word from the word bank in each sentence. Each word is used more than once, with a different meaning each time.

Word bank: field · prune · rest · scale · content · club · land · fall

  1. He who climbs up, will ________________ down.
  2. My rich neighbors belong to a private golf ________________.
  3. Later, his shop becomes a ________________ with young dancers.
  4. Nobody expected a disaster on this ________________.
  5. Vegetables are growing on this ________________.
  6. Every pianist practices the C major ________________.
  7. A ________________ is just a dried plum.
  8. The stadium has a track around the football ________________.
  9. Do not ________________ roses in the fall.
  10. TikTok makes it very easy to create ________________.
  11. I would like to have a ________________ here.
  12. Buy me a box of chocolates and I'll be ________________.
  13. I belonged to the harmonica ________________ in my high school days.
  14. I cannot ________________ this tree. It's too high.
  15. Because of the accident, he'll have a limp for the ________________ of his life.
  16. I'm the one who owns all this ________________.
  17. The ________________ of the members were all out of tune.
  18. She's an expert in the ________________ of medicine.
  19. In the ________________, covers are put over the fans in trains.
  20. When are we going to ________________?
  21. Algeria is a ________________ of gas and oil.
  22. My stomach aches so much that I can't ________________ asleep.
  23. Check the label for the sugar ________________.
  24. The kitchen ________________ is next to the microwave.

Sentences from ClueBy, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) and Common Voice (CC0). clueby.com

Answer key

  1. fall — to drop
  2. club — for golf
  3. club — for dancing
  4. scale — size or range
  5. field — farmland
  6. scale — in music
  7. prune — the fruit
  8. field — for sport
  9. prune — to trim
  10. content — videos and posts
  11. rest — a break
  12. content — happy
  13. club — a group
  14. prune — to trim
  15. rest — what's left
  16. land — ground
  17. rest — what's left
  18. field — a subject
  19. fall — the season
  20. land — to come down
  21. land — a country
  22. fall — to drop
  23. content — the amount
  24. scale — for weighing

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Frequently asked questions

What are multiple-meaning words?

Words with the same spelling and pronunciation but more than one meaning, like bark (of a dog or of a tree) or bank (for money or of a river). You can only tell which meaning is meant from the rest of the sentence.

Are multiple-meaning words the same as homonyms?

Mostly, yes. Teachers often use "multiple-meaning words" and "homonyms" for the same idea. Homophones are different: they sound alike but are spelled differently, like flour and flower.

Are the worksheets free?

Yes. Make and print as many as you like for home or classroom use. Each sheet has its own link, so you can print the same one again.

Where do the words come from?

From past ClueBy puzzles, a daily game where you sort twelve sentences by their missing word. A new puzzle every day adds four more words to this list.

Sentences from ClueBy, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) and Common Voice (CC0). clueby.com