moor

Object

• barge: Moving out of Goole, the canal is lined with moored barges, some of which seem to be surplus to requirements.
• yacht: The yachts moored in Puerto Banus have to be seen to be believed.
• pontoon: There you can enjoy snorkeling or diving from a moored pontoon.
• boat: Mostly unable to slow down past moored boats or even help at locks.
• bollard: Note the mooring bollards on the tow path for bridge use.
• narrowboat: We finally moored on the lower Ely visitor moorings, getting the last spot where you could moor a 50ft narrowboat.

Preposition: on

• moorings: We moored on the permanent moorings, which are never taken up.
• pontoon: Had lunch on the move and moored on the pontoon above West Bridge alongside May Bee, as there were no spare mooring places.
• mooring: The yachts are moored on swing moorings, attached to a buoy in the harbor, not moored alongside a jetty.

Adjective modifier

• heather: Later farming communities also employed fire to clear vegetation and the spread of heather moor in the upland probably accelerated from late prehistory onwards.
• heather-covered: Then we head to the heather-covered moors for a change of transport.
• windswept: Ride across the windswept moors, or gallop along the beaches for an exhilarating experience.
• upland: Nationwide coverage From city centers to upland moors, Siteplan provides map extracts for any location in Great Britain.
• desolate: Rolling green hills and desolate moors, or gritty, industrial cities?
• bleak: It is an area of stark beauty and a must for walkers who enjoy more of a challenge across the bleak moors.

Converse of object

roam: She spends all of her free time with her horse Martini roaming the open moors.

Noun used with modifier

• grouse: The economy in Scotland, where many grouse moors are located, is boosted by £ 17 million per year.
• peat: The heather uplands and peat moors form part of a Special Protection Area, that is of international importance for breeding birds.

Preposition: in

marina: When we're moored in a marina, we can usually hook up to an electric supply, for a fee.

Modifies a noun

grass: Typical species: 3 species of heather, gorse, silver birch, sedges, rushes, mosses, purple moor grass, adder.