moor
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Pronunciation
[change]- (AU) IPA (key): /moː/
- (UK) IPA (key): /mɔː/ or /mʊə/
- (US) IPA (key): /mɔr/ or /mʊ(ə)r/
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Verb
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- (transitive & intransitive) To moor a ship or boat is to tie it to a dock, jetty, or hold it in place with an anchor.
- The big ship was moored at the long jetty.
Noun
[change]- (countable) (usually plural) A moor is open ground, often with peat soils, swampy, covered in grass or low shrubs.
- The search for the missing boy led them right across the moors.