moor

Definition of moor

Nouns

open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Synonyms:
moorland
Examples:
Marston Moor
a former moor in northern England
Type of:
champaign, field, plain
extensive tract of level open land

Verbs

secure in or as if in a berth or dock
Synonyms:
berth, tie up
Types:
wharf
moor at a wharf
Type of:
fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached
come into or dock at a wharf
Synonyms:
berth, wharf
Type of:
dock
come into dock
secure with cables or ropes
"moor the boat"
Type of:
fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached

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Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front »(133 words)
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Other Spellings

Moor

Words that contain moor

battle of Marston Moor
 blackamoor
 Carry Amelia Moore Nation
 David John Moore Cornwell
 Douglas Moore
 Dudley Moore
 Dudley Stuart John Moore
 Exmoor
 Frederick Moore Vinson
 G. E. Moore
 George Edward Moore
 Henry Moore
 Henry Spencer Moore
 Marianne Craig Moore
 Marianne Moore
 Marston Moor
 Moor
 moor berry
 moor-bird