nummi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- heath noun An open, uncultivated stretch of land, typically with sandy soil and low shrubs like heather.
- moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
- moorland noun Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Senses
nummi is used for these senses in English:
- heath A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- heathland A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.
- moor 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.)
- moorland Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
heath — full definition
- noun An open, uncultivated stretch of land, typically with sandy soil and low shrubs like heather.
- noun Any of several small evergreen shrubs, especially in the heather family.
moor — full definition
- noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
- verb To tie up and fix a boat in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.