Moors

Synonyms for "moors" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(2 words)
black beltcorn beltcotton beltcountrysidedust bowl

Strong matches (9)

Related words (15)

Noun(6 words)
moorlandnorth african muslimrest at anchorsettletie upwaste

Related word relations

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anchoringethnic groupgeographic featurelandformpeoplesecure actionsecure position

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Collocations

12 entries
Moorish architectureNorth African Moorboat mooringdockside mooringharbor mooringmooring buoymooring linemoorlandmoorland ecologyopen moorquay berthvast moor

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Beneath a precipice, that fronts the wave, / with limpid springs inside, and many a seat / of living marble, lies a sheltered cave, / home of the Sea-Nymphs. In this haven sweet / cable nor biting anchor moors the fleet.

Source: tatoeba (6784761)

On ascending the knoll near the house, from which all the neighbouring moors were visible, they not only could see no signs of the missing favourite, but they perceived something which warned them that they were in the presence of a tragedy.

Source: tatoeba (6957571)

Returning, I had to cross before the looking-glass; my fascinated glance involuntarily explored the depth it revealed. All looked colder and darker in that visionary hollow than in reality: and the strange little figure there gazing at me, with a white face and arms specking the gloom, and glittering eyes of fear moving where all else was still, had the effect of a real spirit: I thought it like one of the tiny phantoms, half fairy, half imp, Bessie’s evening stories represented as coming out of lone, ferny dells in moors, and appearing before the eyes of belated travelers.

Source: tatoeba (7077058)

Iberian Muslims are commonly referred to as Moors.

Source: tatoeba (8162008)

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