Definition of moor

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of moor is as below...

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

Lern More About Moor

Mulada :: Mulada (n.) A moor.
Marish :: Marish (a.) Moory; fenny; boggy.
Morian :: Morian (n.) A Moor.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc..
Moor :: Moor (n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath..
Moorband :: Moorband (n.) See Moorpan.
Moorage :: Moorage (n.) A place for mooring.
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A mooring hawser.
Alhambra :: Alhambra (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
Chock :: Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc..
Moorstone :: Moorstone (n.) A species of English granite, used as a building stone..
Barb :: Barb (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors..
Whinberry :: Whinberry (n.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze..
Morris :: Morris (n.) A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets..
Tawny :: Tawny (n.) Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion..
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly..
Moorpan :: Moorpan (n.) A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc..
Atabal :: Atabal (n.) A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors..
Mooruk :: Mooruk (n.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us