moorland

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noun

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

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.

name

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

Collocations

ADJ.

lonely, most, most, northern, wild, wonderful

VERB + MOORLAND

becomes, passed, plant, waste

MOORLAND + NOUN

cottage, europe, germany, path, river

PREP.

in, in, upon, with

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and b

moor

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.

Wiktionary

Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line.

Wiktionary

There is more moorland in Northern Germany than in Southern Germany.

Tatoeba · #379280

Now and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled and roofed with stone.

Tatoeba · #6606615

With her perfect figure and elegant dress she was, indeed, a strange apparition upon a lonely moorland path.

Tatoeba · #6608721

In Devon we have wonderful moorland walking.

Tatoeba · #7283011

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