dorse

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/dɔː(ɹ)s/

noun

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

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Meanings

dorse1

noundorse (plural dorses)

plural dorses

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

dorse2

noundorse (plural dorses)

plural dorses

  1. obsoleteThe back of a book.

    books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses

    1691, Anthony Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses
  2. obsoleteA dossal.

Origin

Compare Latin dorsum (“the back”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dorse

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Anagrams

ErdossoredrodesdosersoderSedorrosedordesresod
Cite this entry
APA

dorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorse

MLA

“dorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorse.

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