moor

1. 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

   BroaderMuslim
2. 2.

   open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

   Synonymsmoorland

   Broaderplain

   NarrowerMarston Moor

Other forms of moor

plural

moors·

past tense

moored·

present participle

mooring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about moor

What does moor mean?

moor means "secure in or as if in a berth or dock". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moor?

moor has 1 syllable: moor. In IPA it is /ˈmʊɹ/.

What is another word for moor?

Close synonyms include berth, tie up, berth, wharf, moorland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moor a common word?

moor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with moor?

1 word rhymes with moor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.