moat

Speech parts

1. moat - Noun

2. moat - Verb

3. Moat - Proper noun

Meaning

A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.

To surround with a moat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fosse gulf kennel dyke bank aqueduct rampart gully support cut canal mole rift dike fossa
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Antonyms

hill same success attack connector headland
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Hypernyms

trench

Anagrams

atmo atom Amto Mato mota TMAO toma

Examples

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out. Victoria Beckham

I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle. Bill Wyman

When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard. Mary Pope Osborne

Capitalism is all about somebody coming and trying to take the castle. Now what you need is .... you need a castle that has some durable competitive advantage - some castle that has a moat around it. Warren Buffett

I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions. Tim Berners-Lee

I thought a company that provides mutual-fund information could be a great business, because you could construct an effective moat by building large financial databases and customer lists and a strong brand name. Joseph D Mansueto

Close letter words and terms

moar MOAS moastly moate moated moatlike