EGAVE

moat

About 1.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
  2. noun A characteristic of a business that enhances its resilience against competitive pressures, arising from the inherent nature of its products, services, brand, or other structural advantages.
  3. noun A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
  4. noun A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
  5. noun A hill or mound.
  6. verb To surround with a moat.

Similar words

fosse trench ditch pit gulf gap divide fluke thee motte

Often followed by

and of was around to is which in that

Word family

moated moatlike moats

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