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moorland

[moor-luhnd, -land] / ˈmʊər lənd, -ˌlænd /
NOUN
field
Synonyms
STRONGEST
farmland garden grassland green ground meadow pasture range terrain territory
STRONG
acreage enclosure glebe lea mead patch plot tillage tract vineyard
WEAK
cropland ranchland
Antonyms
STRONGEST
sky
NOUN
plain
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expanse field grassland meadow plateau prairie steppe
STRONG
champaign flat heath level moor tundra
WEAK
flatland open country

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Many of the eight possible release areas have moorland used for driven grouse-shooting, a traditional field sport where red grouse, which golden eagles eat, are driven towards shooters by beaters.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Local farmers also formed a so-called "Farmy Army" to work alongside firefighters as the moorland blaze raged.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Ross Ewing, director of moorland and strategic projects at Scottish Land and Estates, praised the swift action of gamekeepers who reported the injured bird promptly.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Fire crews battling a vast moorland blaze in North Yorkshire have said they have been hampered by exploding World War Two bombs and tank shells.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Through three high windows he saw the moorland, bare and brown, snow-patched here and there, in the mild sunlight of winter.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin