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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken..
The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
Troutbeck station, 10 miles from Keswick, in the heart of wild moorland, is the most isolated on the line.
Use moorland when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Moorland means Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken..
Common synonyms include moor.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
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