MOORLAND Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word moorland. (close relations)
moorlands
Best Alternative Words for MOORLAND
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moor | nounn | |||||||
noun • open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss • 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 verb • secure in or as if in a berth or dock • come into or dock at a wharf • secure with cables or ropes | ||||||||
bog | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel verb • cause to slow down or get stuck • get stuck while doing something | ||||||||
fen | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | ||||||||
heath | nounn | |||||||
noun • a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers • a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||||||||
heathland | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||||||||
marsh | nounn | |||||||
noun • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water • United States painter (1898-1954) • New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) | ||||||||
swamp | nounn | |||||||
noun • low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog • a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||||
upland | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • used of high or hilly country noun • elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | ||||||||
wold | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tract of open rolling country (especially upland) |