MOORLAND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

Synonyms:

moor; moorland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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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