MOR

M3O1R1
/ɛm əʊ ˈɑː(ɹ)/

noun

A mid-ocean ridge: a submarine volcanic mountain range.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

MOR1

nounMOR (plural MORs)

plural MORs

  1. A mid-ocean ridge: a submarine volcanic mountain range.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Morelos: a state of Mexico.
phrase
  1. abbreviationinitialismmiddlebroadcastingInitialism of middle of the road.

    But MOR as a programming powerhouse began to lose strength as the radio industry evolved during those decades.

    2003, Christopher H. Sterling, Encyclopedia of Radio, page 1575
    1 more example

    At a hip grocery store, Maggie meets David (Kelvin Harrison Jr., from “Waves”), a handsome singer-songwriter with a rockin’ MOR vibe, and the two have a “High Fidelity” music-geek convo that dances on the edge of cringey-ness.

    2020 May 25, Owen Gleiberman, “‘The High Note’: Film Review”, in Claudia Eller, editor, Variety, Los Angeles, Calif.: Variety Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2020

Mor2

proper nounMor (plural Mors)

plural Mors

  1. A surname.

    One of Forum Tikva’s founders is Tzvika Mor, whose son Eitan was working as a security guard at the Tribe of Nova music festival on Oct. 7.

    2024 February 8, Johnatan Reiss, “Some Hostages’ Families Say Israel Should Keep Fighting Hamas”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2024

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APA

MOR. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MOR

MLA

“MOR.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MOR. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MOR,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MOR.

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