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- Dictionarymoor/mʊə/
noun
- 1. a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather: British "a little town in the moors"
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MOOR definition: 1. an open area of hills covered with rough grass, especially in Britain: 2. to tie a boat so that…. Learn more.
The meaning of MOOR is an expanse of open rolling infertile land. How to use moor in a sentence.
A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather. [ mainly British ] Colliford is higher, right up on the moors.
MOOR meaning: 1. an open area of hills covered with rough grass, especially in Britain: 2. to tie a boat so that…. Learn more.
Moor definition: a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.. See examples of MOOR used in a sentence.
moor. noun. /mɔː (r)/, /mʊə (r)/. /mʊr/. (especially British English) [countable, usually plural] a high open area of land that is not used for farming, especially an area covered with rough grass and heather. the North York moors. We went for a walk on the moors. Extra Examples.
noun [ C ] uk / mɔː r/ us. Add to word list. an open area in the countryside that is covered with rough grass and bushes: [ usually plural ] the Yorkshire Moors. (Definition of moor from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
To moor is to tie up a ship, as in to moor the ocean liner to the docks. Or, if you're reading Victorian literature, a moor could be a mossy meet-up spot. This word of many hats can also be a noun — a moor is mossy land covered in bushes and grass.
1. A moor is an area of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather. [mainly British] [...] 2. If you moor a boat somewhere, you stop and tie it to the land with a rope or chain so that it cannot move away. [...] 3.
1. A member of a traditionally Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab ancestry, now living chiefly in northwest Africa. 2. One of the Muslims who invaded Spain in the 8th century and established a civilization in Andalusia that lasted until the late 15th century.
