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dorse

/dɔː(ɹ)s/

dorse noun: the Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).

Noun (1)

dorse (plural dorses)

  1. The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).

Noun (2)

dorse (plural dorses)

  1. (obsolete) The back of a book.
    • books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses1691, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses
  2. (obsolete) A dossal.

dorse meaning in Tamil

dorse in Tamil

திரைச்சீலைக் கம்பளித் துணி

Forms of dorse

pluraldorses

Origin of dorse

Compare Latin dorsum (“the back”).

Words formed from dorse

Phrases with dorse

Words that rhyme with dorse

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Questions about dorse

What does dorse mean?
Dorse means the Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).
What is dorse in Tamil?
Dorse in Tamil is திரைச்சீலைக் கம்பளித் துணி. See Dorse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dorse?
Dorse is a noun.
How do you pronounce dorse?
Dorse is pronounced /dɔː(ɹ)s/.
What is the plural of dorse?
The plural of dorse is dorses.

Words near dorse in the dictionary

  1. dorsalward
  2. dorsalwards
  3. dorsar
  4. dorsars
  5. dorsate
  6. dorse
  7. dorsed
  8. dorsel
  9. dorsels
  10. dorser
  11. dorseret

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dorse (page history and authors); dorse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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