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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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Grace, 67, a retired geologist, has lived on the edge of Abercarn for more than 20 years, where housing gives way to open moorland.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Last summer, fires that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands were described as the biggest Scotland had ever seen.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 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

Blazes that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands earlier this summer have been called the biggest wildfires Scotland has ever seen.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

They could already see over the tops of the low hills which lay northward on their right; beyond those hills a great moorland sloped gently up and up to the horizon.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis