moor

C2
Pronunciation
/moː/
/mɔː/
/mɔɹ/
Noun
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

Example Sentences
  • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.
2 Definition

A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cast anchor or become fastened.

2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • the vessel was moored in the stream
3 Definition

To secure or fix firmly.