Vowel sound in "phone" and "home" Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, January 17, 2006 · 37-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Tuesday, January 17, 2006.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · January 17, 2006 · 37-Down · 5 letters
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The vowel sound /əʊ/, as in the words "cone" and "note". (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in coning versus conning).
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