Moor

[ US /ˈmʊɹ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɔː/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
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How To Use Moor In A Sentence

  • On the moor, we crossed becks bridged by railway sleepers and bulging with pondweed and we met a couple of cyclists.
  • A Scottish moor long bore the reputation for being haunted by a phantom flock of sheep, which were always heard "baaing" plaintively before a big storm. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
  • A former BMX enthusiast, Moore switched to motocross a couple of years ago and he has since taken on gradually more difficult tasks.
  • Beautiful, green, the remoteness of Exmoor counterpointed by the glorious surf of the Atlantic beaches, coast roads with views of the craggy shoreline. Archive 2009-06-01
  • It proved necessary to row ashore in a small dinghy, plunging through the hot spray past a Turkish battleship that had been moored for so long that the coral had grown up around it, immobilising it forever.
  • There are too many nice boats sitting at their moorings, owned by people with no time to sail them.
  • The Art Gallery of Ontario has the world's largest collection of sculptures by Henry Moore.
  • Twice in the last few days I have been for walks on Dartmoor.
  • The hikers start in tropical rainforest territory and travel through moorlands, alpine meadows and glaciers on the summit.
  • We've simply never seen someone so completely unmoored from the normal requirements of national office before. Transition: How Obama is Building a Government - Swampland - TIME.com
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