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“Loots” or “Lutes”

loots / lutes are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

loots

  • noungoods or money obtained illegally.
  • verbtake illegally; of intellectual property.

lutes l·UW·t·s

  • nouna substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid.
  • nounchordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard.
Usage

Examples in context

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“loots”

  • …Macedonia, removed because of Turkish/Albanian loots.
  • Jacques Loots as Politikus
  • Christo Loots as Sunshine

“lutes”

  • …three daughters - Elinor Seney Lutes (1875–1963); Evlyn Latta Lutes; and…
  • The lutes are short lutes, but the…
  • …examples of Asian harps and lutes, focusing on images and literature…
  • Kusana origin of short lutes
  • Nelson Lutes died in 1900, and Nettie…
  • Category:Necked bowl lutes
  • Her parents were divorced when Lutes and her sisters Alice and…
  • Lutes went in front of a…
  • Lutes was born Annette Staub; her…
  • In 1880 Lutes ceased practicing with her sister…

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