Noun: moor mûr [N. Amer], mor or mûr [Brit]
- Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
"The misty moor created a mysterious atmosphere";
- moorland
- Secure in or as if in a berth or dock
"moor the boat";
- berth, tie up
- Come into or dock at a wharf
"the big ship moored in the evening";
- berth, wharf
- One of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
Sounds like: moony, Moomoor, more, maw, Moor, Moore
Derived forms: moors, Moors, moored, mooring
Type of: champaign [archaic], dock, fasten, field, fix, flatland, Moslem, Muslim, plain, secure
Encyclopedia: Moor, Paul