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Moat - English meaning

Moat – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack.

Usage examples:

Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks it…
verb

Surround (a place) with a moat.

Usage examples:

He erected the castle on the top of a steep rock, and moated it round.
noun

A long, wide hole that is dug all the way around a place such as a castle and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack

Moat translation into English

Moat: translate from English into Chinese

Translate moat into Chinese (Simplified)}
护城河, 壕沟, 壕, 堑, 淢

Moat: translate from English into Dutch

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Gracht, Slotgracht, Vest, Met en gracht omgeven

Moat: translate from English into French

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Fossé, Douves

Moat: translate from English into German

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Graben, Wassergraben, Burggraben, Wallgraben

Moat: translate from English into Hindi

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खाई, परिखा, ख़ंदक़, खाइ, खन्दक

Moat: translate from English into Italian

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Fossato, Fossa

Moat: translate from English into Korean

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해자 외호, 도시의 해자 외호, 성벽 주위의 해자 외호, ...에 해자를 두르다

Moat: translate from English into Russian

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Ров, Ров с водой, Обносить рвом

Moat: translate from English into Spanish

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Foso, Fosar

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French mote ‘mound’.

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Moat – similar words

moating

verb

Surround (a place) with a moat.

Usage examples:

He erected the castle on the top of a steep rock, and moated it round.
noun

A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack.

Usage examples:

Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks it…
Moating - all meanings in English

moated

verb

Surround (a place) with a moat.

adjective

(of a place) surrounded by or provided with a moat.

Usage examples:

A moated castle
adjective

Surrounded by a moat

Usage examples:

A moated house/castle
Moated - all meanings in English

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