Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moorland

/mˈʊɹlˌænd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: moor-land
IPA: /mˈʊɹlˌænd/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

"The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed."
"Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line."

Etymology

From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: morelond

Usage

Inflected Forms

moorlands (plural)

Derived Forms

moorlander

Phrases

Staffordshire Moorlands

Synonyms

moor

Questions

How do you pronounce moorland?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈʊɹlˌænd/.
What does moorland mean?: Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Where does moorland come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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