C2nounnaturetravel
US/mʊr/
UK/mɔː/
a wide, open area of high land covered with rough grass and low plants, common in Britain
In context
We walked for hours across the moor without seeing another person.
Wild ponies graze on the moors of southwest England.
Fog came down quickly over the moor, and we lost the path.
Words that go with moor
adjective + noun
- open moorThe hotel looks out over open moor and distant hills.
- high moorSheep wander freely on the high moor in summer.
- bleak moorIn winter the bleak moor is covered in snow.
noun + noun
- heather moorBees make honey from the flowers of the heather moor.
noun + preposition
- edge of the moorThe village lies at the edge of the moor.