MOORLAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does moorland mean? • MOORLAND (noun)
The noun MOORLAND has 1 sense:
1. open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Familiarity information: MOORLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOORLAND (noun)
Meaning:
Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
moorland; moor
Hypernyms ("moorland" is a kind of...):
champaign; field; plain (extensive tract of level open land)
Instance hyponyms:
Marston Moor (a former moor in northern England)
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