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moor in Arabic

بِرْكَة birka

/mʊə/

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moor in Arabic: بِرْكَة (birka), سَبْخَة (sabḵa), مُسْتَنْقَع (mustanqaʕ). In English, moor means an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.).

Arabic words for moor

region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath
بِرْكَة birka, سَبْخَة sabḵa, مُسْتَنْقَع mustanqaʕ

English meaning of moor

  1. noun An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.).
  2. noun A game preserve consisting of moorland.
  3. verb To cast anchor or become fastened.
  4. verb To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.

Full definition of moor

moor in a sentence

  • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.
  • In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
  • The vessel moored in the stream.

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Questions about moor in Arabic

What is the meaning of moor in Arabic?
Moor in Arabic is بِرْكَة (birka), سَبْخَة (sabḵa), مُسْتَنْقَع (mustanqaʕ).
ما معنى كلمة moor؟
Moor: بِرْكَة (birka), سَبْخَة (sabḵa), مُسْتَنْقَع (mustanqaʕ).
What does moor mean in English?
Moor means an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.).

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