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How to pronounce “moor”

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Pronunciation guide for moor

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of moor with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: How Poetry Unlocked My SuperpowersSend Black boy to jail, feed him well because he’s a Moor.
Definition summary: An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)

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How Poetry Unlocked My Superpowers

Send Black boy to jail, feed him well because he’s a Moor.

[Noun]
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
A game preserve consisting of moorland.
[Verb]
(intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
(transitive) To secure or fix firmly.

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