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Meaning of Morse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmɔː(ɹ)s

Definitions

  1. A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
  3. A walrus.
  4. Clipping of Morse code.
  5. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after inventor Samuel Morse.
  6. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, which includes the town; in full, the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
  9. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa.
  10. A village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
  11. Two townships in Minnesota.
  12. A census-designated place in Hansford County, Texas.
  13. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  14. An unincorporated community in the town of Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin.

Equivalents

العربية مورس
Suomi morsettaa
Français morse
Italiano morse morse morse
日本語 モールス
Svenska morse

Examples

“We sent a message in Morse.”
“The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work.”
“The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]”
“Then we passed through a great deale of small ice, and sawe, upon some peices, two morses, and upon some, one; and also diuers seales, layeing upon peices of ice.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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