Morse Meaning
/ˈmɔː(ɹ)s/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
nameA surname transferred from the given name, variant of Morris, from the given name Maurice.
Sentence Examples
She knows English, Chinese, Esperanto and Morse Code.
Signal lamps are used to transmit Morse code.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The telegraph operator used ____ code to send messages as dots and dashes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
During the early days of long-distance communication, ships used ____ code to send various important messages using short and long signals.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was Gibson who was right. Code 78A was Morsed back to Grantham – 'bomb despatched and hit wall but no breach observed'. No doubt the wording of Operation Chastise's operation order now started to hit home […]"
— 2014, W. B. Bartlett, The Night of the Dam Busters:
"The morse bore a seraph's head in gold-thread raised work."
— 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
"The morse is said to roar or bellow loudly, but the animal we slew made no outcry, [...]"
— 1829, [Robert Pearse Gillies], “The Voyage. (Continued.)”, in Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. […] (Second Series), volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:
"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."
— 1880, Clements R Markham, editor, The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, published 1881:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The telegraph operator used ____ code to send messages as dots and dashes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
During the early days of long-distance communication, ships used ____ code to send various important messages using short and long signals.