Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: morton
IPA transcription: [m'ɔɹtən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Morton, Jelly_Roll_Morton, Ferdinand_Joseph_La_Menthe_Morton
    Meaning: United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
Usage examples
  • "Don't go to bed yet, Morton.
  • "Morton!" he shouted; "Morton!"
  • "All right, Morton, you can go now.
  • The next day I left Marsh End for Morton.
  • "You will not stay at Morton long: no, no!"
  • Morton Culver Hartzell, in a letter, offers the same argument.
  • "I thought it might settle everything if we had Mr. Morton here."
  • I first got an idea of its calibre when I heard him preach in his own church at Morton.
  • I shall not stay long at Morton, now that my father is dead, and that I am my own master.
  • And, as far as the family was concerned, she would have been quite contented with the Morton alliance.