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moor | x |

As a noun moor

is (historical) a member of an ancient berber people from numidia.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

moor

English

Usage notes

(more) is not a homophone in Northern UK accents, while (mooer) is homophonous only in those accents.

Etymology 1

(etyl) . See (m).

Noun

(en noun)
  • an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
  • A cold, biting wind blew across the moor , and the travellers hastened their step.
  • * Carew
  • In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor .
  • a game preserve consisting of moorland
  • Derived terms
    * moorland * moortop
    See also
    * bog * marsh * swamp

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cast anchor or become fastened.
  • (nautical) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream''; ''they moored the boat to the wharf .
  • To secure or fix firmly.
  • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----