moornoun [ C ]
uk/mɔːr//mʊər/us/mʊr/an open area of hills covered with rough grass, especially in Britain:
the Yorkshire moors
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Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- badlands
- Bushman
- common
- desert
- dust bowl
- heath
- meadow
- moorland
- pampas
- plain
- scrub
- steppe
- sward
- tall-grass prairie
- the outback
- tundra
- undeveloped
- waste
- wasteland
- wild
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moorverb [ I or T ]
uk/mɔːr//mʊər/us/mʊr/to tie a boat so that it stays in the same place:
We moored further up the river.
We moored the boat to a large tree root.
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Arriving & departing by boat or ship
- anchor
- berth
- cast
- cast off
- dock
- land
- landing
- launch
- launcher
- sail
- sea
- shove
- shove off!
- weigh