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moor1

Pronunciation: /mɔː, mʊə/
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Definition of moor

noun

chiefly British
  • a tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather: a little town in the moors
  • a moor preserved for shooting:a grouse moor
  • US or dialect a fen.

Origin:

Old English mōr, of Germanic origin

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