moat
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified…A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
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Meaning
5 sensesA deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
Burggraben, Wassergraben
ровrov
рівriv
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
(figuratively)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.
A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
(obsolete)A hill or mound.
Examples
18 sentencesHow can we get across the moat?
There's a moat around the castle.
ruЗамок окружён рвом.
deUm das Schloss herum verläuft ein Graben.
Ziri filled the moat with water.
Most castles have a moat surrounding them.
ruБольшинство замков обнесены рвом.
deDie meisten Schlösser sind von einem Burggraben umgeben.
Many castles are encircled by a moat.
ruМногие замки окружены водяными рвами.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to OldFrom Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”).
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