Collocations for "moor"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "moor" in context.
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Moor
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- UK: a [vast, huge, large] moor in [Yorkshire]
- UK: a [little, small] town in the moors
- UK: a landscape of moors (and cliffs)
- UK: go shooting on a grouse moor
- UK: [walking, trekking, hiking] in the moors
- UK: [hiking] in the Yorkshire moors
- The Moors invaded [Iberia, Spain, Andalusia]
- The Moors were driven out of [Iberia]
- The Moors [conquered, attacked, controlled]
- the [invasion, conquest] of the Moors
- [Spain] was occupied by the Moors
- the [culture, language] was influenced by the Moors
- the expulsion of Moors (from Spain)
'moor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):