what is a moor?

Question

I don't mean a fish either.

I don't mean a fish.
I read about one in a book and it described it as a plain, but I don't get it. I know this probably does not go in this cadagory, but I did not know where else to put it!

I don't mean a fish either, or a type of person! I mean a kind of. . .
Well, my book described it as a plain of sorts. . .

and by-the-way, what is peat?

Answer 1

Geographically, a moor is an area of open scrubby grassland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorland


Oh, and peat is a type of dark, nutrient rich earth. it is often used for growing potted plants in , but when occurring naturally it retains water easily and gets very boggy.

Answer 2

Peat Moor was thye shortstop for the South Buffalo Dodos in the Albany League from 1976-1979.

That's all there is, there isn't any moor.

Answer 3

Moor lands are very acidic. They are more or less uncultivatable. They support heather and some gorse and very rough grass.

They are often boggy and the underlying soil is peat - which is made of decomposed plants.

Sheep are often grazed on moors and they are where grouse, (moor fowl is the old fashioned name) and curlews live.

Lovely to walk across in summer - hard to make a living from

Answer 4

The Moors were the Muslim invaders of Spain who occupied the land for several hundred years. During this time they had a profound influence on architecture and many other things which still exist today. They came from northern Africa.

Here's a link that can go into much better detail than I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors

Answer 5

Main Entry: 1moor
Pronunciation: 'mur
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mor, from Old English mOr; akin to Old High German muor moor
1 chiefly British : an expanse of open rolling infertile land
2 : a boggy area; especially : one that is peaty and dominated by grasses and sedges

Main Entry: 1peat
Pronunciation: 'pEt
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English pete piece of peat, from Medieval Latin peta, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Cornish peyth bit, Welsh peth thing
1 : TURF 2b
2 : partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants (as mosses of the genus Sphagnum)
- peaty /'pE-tE/ adjective

Answer 6

Moor .member of NW African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab decent That conquered the Iberian peninsula in the 8th century...inhabitant of mauretania
an ancient region of W Africa
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Or a tract of open uncultivated upland typically coverd with heather
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Or make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor

Answer 7

A moor is a muslim that once ruled in spain and had control there until King ferdinand and queen Isabel kicked them all out becuase they wanted to spread christianity becuase during that time muslims had control of spain.

Answer 8

A moor is a tract of wasteland, often elevated,marshy, and covered with peat.

Answer 9

moor is a swampy grassy area is english- brittish term that they use i think. peat is a moss used in house plants

Answer 10

A member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent, now living chiefly in northwest Africa.