moorland
Plural: moorlands
Noun
- An area of open, uncultivated, usually marshy land.
- open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
- Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Examples
- The empty ’MOORLAND’ of the board awaited his next strategic play.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
moorland: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmoorland: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
moorland: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
moorland: valid Words With Friends Word