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   moor

   /mʊə/

   noun

   • 1. a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather: British "a little town in the moors"
   • ▪ a moor preserved for shooting: British "a grouse moor"
   • ▪ a fen. British

   Word Origin Old Englishmōr, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does Moor mean in English?

   • Get a quick, free translation! MOOR meaning: 1. an open area of hills covered with rough grass, especially in Britain: 2. to tie a boat so that…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to moor a ship?

   • 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. The spooky dogs in Sherlock Holmes's The Hound of the Baskervilles lurk in the moor.

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   What does mooring mean?

   • 1. To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower. 2. To fix in place; secure: a mailbox moored to the sidewalk with bolts. See Synonyms at fasten. 3. To provide with an abiding emotional attachment: a politician moored to the family back home. 1.

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   What is a noun for moorland?

   • noun moorland, fell (Brit.), heath, muir (Scot.) The small town is high up on the moors. verb tie up, fix, secure, anchor, dock, lash, berth, fasten, make fast She had moored her boat on the right bank of the river. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002 1.

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     moor translate: brughiera, ormeggiare, attraccare, landa,...

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   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.

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    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.