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moat  audio  (mt) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A deep wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault.
  2. A ditch similar to one surrounding a fortification: A moat separates the animals in the zoo from the spectators.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
moat·ed, moat·ing, moats
To surround with or as if with a moat.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English mote, mound, moat, from Old French, mound,, or Medieval Latin mota


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