moor
noun
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
Moors
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pluralof Moor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
moors
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present tense formof moor (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
moornouna tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
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On a wet February day, high in the North York Moors National Park, we are looking for a small footbridge over the River Dove.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
The polyamorous community is bigger than many realize, said Amy C. Moors, an assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University who has researched the demographics of polyamorous people and discrimination against such relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
In 2012, he was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for distinguished coverage in Latin America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
In the West, much of green cardamom’s popularity is concentrated in Scandinavia, where the spice is believed to have been introduced either by the Vikings or the Moors in the eighth century, Dunn states.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
The region was ruled by the Duke of Florence, Cosimo de’ Medici, who had also been crowned Duke of Tuscany by the Pope in 1570 for his part in successful military campaigns against the Moors.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
After growing up in wild isolation on the moors, they published groundbreaking novels under androgynous pseudonyms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
As do the moors that stretch behind the parsonage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Instead, the experimental units can be plants, plots of land, fields, moors, forests, or oceans.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
About midday we go for a stroll on the moors.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
