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How to pronounce “moor”
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Pronunciation guide for moor
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of moor with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
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Send Black boy to jail, feed him well because he’s a Moor.
- Definition summary
- 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.)
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How to pronounce moor
How Poetry Unlocked My Superpowers
Send Black boy to jail, feed him well because he’s a Moor.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “moor”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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]
- (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
- (transitive, nautical) 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.
- (transitive) To secure or fix firmly.
Practice Nearby Words
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