Snorkeling Gear: What You Should Know. One of the best things about snorkeling is how little equipment you actually need. You'll only need a properly fitting mask, a snorkel, and a comfortable set of fins. Optional gear include an disposable underwater camera, a thin wetsuit, and flotation gear depending on your needs.norkeling Gear: What You Should Know. One of the best things about snorkeling is how little equipment you actually need. You'll only need a properly fitting mask, a snorkel, and a comfortable set of fins. Optional gear include an disposable underwater camera, a thin wetsuit, and flotation gear depending on your needs.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a homonym is a word that has the same pronunciation and sometimes the same spelling as another, but has a different meaning. An example of a homonym is the word ant (an insect) and aunt (your parent's sister). a word with the same pronunciation as another but with a different meaning, origin, and, usually, spelling (Ex.: bore and boar); homophone.
1 Homophones (literally same sound) are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled. 2  If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally different writing).he word homonym comes from the Greek á½Î¼ÏÎ½ÏÎ¼Î¿Ï (homonumos), meaning having the same name, which is the conjunction of á½Î¼ÏÏ (homos), common, same and á½Î½Î¿Î¼Î± (onoma) meaning name. Thus, it refers to two or more distinct concepts sharing the same name or signifier.