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1. (n.) moat
a deep, wide trench, usu. filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
2. moat
any similar trench, as one used for confining animals in a zoo.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME mote mound, hill, ditch, moat < OF, c. OPr
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) moat, fosse
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
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1. (noun) MOAT
a deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch
2. (verb) MOAT
to surround with a moat
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Sense: a deep ditch, dug round a castle etc, usually filled with water.
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 Afrikaans: grag |
 Arabic: خَنْدَق مَمْلوء بِالماء |
 Bulgarian: ров |
 Brazilian: fosso |
 Czech: příkop |
 German: der Burggraben |
 Danish: voldgrav |
 Greek: τάφρος |
 Spanish: foso |
 Estonian: vallikraav |
 Farsi: خاکریز |
 Finnish: vallihauta |
 French: fossés |
 Hebrew: תְּעָלַת מָגֵן |
 Hindi: खाई |
 Croatian: jarak |
 Hungarian: várárok |
 Indonesian: parit di sekitar kastil |
 Icelandic: virkisgröf, kastaladíki |
 Italian: fossato, fosso |
 Japanese: 堀 |
 Korean: (성이나 도시 주위의) 호, 해자(垓字) |
 Lithuanian: gynybinis griovys |
 Latvian: []grāvis |
 Malay: parit |
 Dutch: gracht |
 Norwegian: vollgrav |
 Polish: fosa |
 Persian: بند،سد، خاکریز |
 Pashto: بند |
 Portuguese: fosso |
 Romanian: şanţ (cu apă) |
 Russian: ров |
 Slovak: priekopa |
 Slovenian: trdnjavski jarek |
 Serbian: jarak s vodom |
 Swedish: vallgrav |
 Thai: คูน้ำรอบปราสาทหรือเมือง |
 Turkish: kale hendeği |
 Taiwanese: 護城河 |
 Ukrainian: рів |
 Urdu: خندق |
 Vietnamese: hào |
 Chinese: 护城河 |
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