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moors

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Open, uncultivated upland landscapes, often wet and heather-clad; in poetry, they suggest wildness, solitude, the rugged beauty of the British Isles, and the harshness of exposed terrain.

Detailed Definition
Moors are broad stretches of wild, open country, especially in Britain. In poetry, the word often suggests remoteness, loneliness, and a landscape that is bleak or untamed.
Example
Example in poetry:
Moors are broad open uplands, often heath-covered, associated with northern Britain; “For yours lies North across the moors” gives distance a windswept landscape; Brontë’s moors frequently intensify isolation, weather, and passion; The moors held purple heather, peat water, and the call of curlews
Additional Notes
In the line quoted, "moors" names a specific kind of landscape that many readers may know only vaguely or not at all.; Found in the poem, The Peddler by Charlotte Mew
Also Known As
heath wasteland uplands moorland
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