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morsa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • vise noun A tool with two jaws tightened by a screw or lever, used to hold an object firmly in place while it is worked on.
  • walrus noun A large Arctic marine mammal with tusks, thick wrinkled skin, and flippers.

Senses

morsa is used for these senses in English:

  • vise (US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
  • walrus A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

vise — full definition

  1. noun A tool with two jaws tightened by a screw or lever, used to hold an object firmly in place while it is worked on.
  2. noun A situation that leaves someone with very little freedom to choose or move.

walrus — full definition

  1. noun A large Arctic marine mammal with tusks, thick wrinkled skin, and flippers.
  2. noun Informally, a man with a thick, drooping moustache resembling a walrus's.
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