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moorland

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moor·land  (mrlnd)
n.
Land consisting of moors.
moorland
Noun
Brit an area of moor
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Noun1.moorland - open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
moor
champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
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Spanish moorland [ˈmuələnd] n → páramo, brezal m
French moorland [ˈmuələnd] n → lande f
German moorland [ˈmuələnd] moor n → Moorlandschaft f, Heidelandschaft f
Italian moorland [ˈmuələnd] n → brughiera
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The sun was not long up, and shone straight in our eyes; a little, thin mist went up from the face of the moorland like a smoke; so that (as Alan said) there might have been twenty squadron of dragoons there and we none the wiser.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
The magnificent moorland silence was suddenly profaned by a man's voice, speaking (or rather croaking) behind me.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Within the hall all was gladness, but without on the lone moorland there stalked a grim monster, named Grendel, whose dark heart was filled with anger and hate.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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