MOORLANDS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word moorlands. (close relations)
moorland
Best Alternative Words for MOORLANDS
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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 | ||||||||
| fell | verbv | |||||||
noun • the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) • seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges • the act of felling something (as a tree) adjective satellite • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering verb • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow • pass away rapidly • sew a seam by folding the edges | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| highland | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • used of high or hilly country noun • elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | ||||||||
| upland | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • used of high or hilly country noun • elevated (e.g., mountainous) land | ||||||||
| moors | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
