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Uncommonmoor
The correct spelling is moor.
How to pronounce moor
/moː/
nounIPA: /moː/
Say it like: Moo-r
The correct spelling is moor. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath For example: "A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step."
Usage Examples
“A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.”
“the vessel was moored in the stream”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- 2.A game preserve consisting of moorland.
verb
- 1.To cast anchor or become fastened.
- 2.To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
- 3.To secure or fix firmly.
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