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 ExamplesTopics Geographyc2- We got lost on the moors.
- the slopes leading down from the moor
- the wind blowing across the moors
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bleak
- desolate
- open
- …
- across the moor
- down from the moor
- on the moor
- …
- the edge of the moor
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- (also moorland)[uncountable] land that consists of moors
- moor and rough grassland
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bleak
- desolate
- open
- …
- across the moor
- down from the moor
- on the moor
- …
- the edge of the moor
Word Originnoun Old English mōr, of Germanic origin.
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