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moor

noun verb

open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
M
Ends with
R
Contains
OO
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

mɔː

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noun

  1. open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

verb

  1. secure with cables or ropes

    “moor the boat”

verb

  1. come into or dock at a wharf

    “the big ship wharfed in the evening”

verb

  1. secure in or as if in a berth or dock

    “tie up the boat”

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Example Sentences

moor the boat
the big ship wharfed in the evening
tie up the boat

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