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amphiboly

noun

an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., ‘they are flying planes’ can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

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Word length
9
Starts with
A
Ends with
Y
Contains
MP
Scrabble score
21

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amˈfɪbəli

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noun

  1. an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., ‘they are flying planes’ can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

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