moor
Meanings
Plural: moors
Noun
- 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
- open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
- A game preserve consisting of moorland.
Verb
- secure in or as if in a berth or dock
- come into or dock at a wharf
- secure with cables or ropes
- "moor the boat"
- To cast anchor or become fastened.
- To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
- To secure or fix firmly.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 6
moor is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmoor is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
moor is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
moor is a valid Words With Friends word