moat, fosse
(noun) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
moat (plural moats)
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
(business, figurative) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.
A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
(obsolete) A hill or mound.
• fosse
moat (third-person singular simple present moats, present participle moating, simple past and past participle moated)
(transitive) To surround with a moat.
• Amto, Mato, Mota, TMAO, atmo, atom, mota, toma
Source: Wiktionary
Moat, n. Etym: [OF. mote hill, dike, bank, F. motte clod, turf: cf. Sp. & Pg. mota bank or mound of earth, It. motta clod, LL. mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an eminence, a dike, Prov. G. mott bog earth heaped up; or perh. F. motte, and OF. mote, are from a LL. p.p. of L. movere to move (see Move). The name of moat, properly meaning, bank or mound, was transferred to the ditch adjoining: cf. F. dike and ditch.] (Fort.)
Definition: A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
Moat, v. t.
Definition: To surround with a moat. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 January 2025
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
