Meaning
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.)
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 24 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-26OCHIMRU
- 2026-03-10MARNCOT
- 2026-01-10RGOMINU
- 2025-11-18MAORIKC
- 2025-10-30RAFLMOU
- 2025-07-21RANLIMO
- 2025-06-19OVATMIR
- 2025-06-01MAWORTY
- 2025-04-13OMTPNRY
- 2025-04-09OARLDMU
- 2025-01-03MYOCNRA
- 2024-11-20RACIKMO
+12 earlier appearances in the archive.