moorland
Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or brackenOpen land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
» Heather is a dominant plant in most moorland in Europe.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Examples
7 sentencesHeather is a dominant plant in most moorland in Europe.
Now and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled and roofed with stone.
With her perfect figure and elegant dress she was, indeed, a strange apparition upon a lonely moorland path.
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
In Devon we have wonderful moorland walking.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorFrom Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
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Forms
plural: moorlandsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable