Noun: lexical ambiguity
- The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
"The lexical ambiguity of 'bank' can refer to a financial institution or the edge of a river";
- polysemy
Derived forms: lexical ambiguities
Type of: ambiguity, equivocalness
Antonym: monosemy
Encyclopedia: Lexical ambiguity