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Noun: lexical ambiguity
  1. The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
    - polysemy

Derived forms: lexical ambiguities

Type of: ambiguity, equivocalness

Encyclopedia: Lexical ambiguity

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