MOR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mor"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛm əʊ ˈɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

MOR (plural MORs)

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

Proper noun

MOR

1. Abbreviation of Morelos: a state of Mexico.

Phrase

MOR

1. (radio) Initialism of middle of the road.
   • 2003, Christopher H. Sterling, Encyclopedia of Radio, page 1575:

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

   • 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:

     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.

Anagrams

• MRO, O/RM, OMR, ORM, RMO, ROM, Rom, Rom., rom