Holdbacks in Morse Code
Using our Alphabet to morse chart, the word holdbacks translates to
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Listen to how "holdbacks" sounds in morse code
You can see the letter breakdown of the word in the table below.
What is Morse code?
Morse code used dots and dashes to send messages. During the 19th century, scientists explored wireless message transmission. At first, it could only express a few characters with basic signals. The system was refined to represent every letter clearly. A more inclusive code for all letters was finalised in 1851 as International Morse.
How to translate Morse code?
Our tool allows you to turn regular words into Morse signals with a click. Here, you'll see how holdbacks translates into .... --- .-.. -.. -... .- -.-. -.- ... in Morse code. Click the audio button to listen to the Morse version. To decode manually, you'll need to understand the basic symbols: dits and dahs. Each Morse character mirrors a letter in the English alphabet.