According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
MOATS
Noun
moats
plural of moat
Anagrams
• MOTAS, Matos, Motas, atmos, atoms, masto-, stoma
Source: Wiktionary
MOAT
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
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