morse Synonyms
Another word for morse
• noun (Context 1)
(Often capitalized) Morse code; a system of long and short signals—such as dots and dashes, flashes of light, or sound pulses—used to represent letters and numbers in telecommunication.
"The stranded sailors used a signal lamp to flash a distress message in morse code to the passing freighter."
• verb (Context 2)
To transmit or signal a message using Morse code.
"The radio operator quickly morsed the updated coordinates back to headquarters."
• noun (Context 3)
An ornamental metal clasp or brooch, often set with jewels or enamel, used to fasten an ecclesiastical cope in front.
"The medieval bishop's heavy silk cope was fastened at the chest with a gilt silver clasp."
• noun (Context 4)
(Archaic) The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), a large flippered marine mammal of Arctic seas characterized by its prominent downward-pointing tusks.
"Early seventeenth-century Arctic explorers frequently recorded hunting the walrus for its prized ivory tusks."