moat

«moat» in Mova's school dictionary: a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a moat, moats)

meaning for a pupil

A moat is a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually filled with water, to keep enemies out. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, moats protected medieval castles together with a drawbridge and walls. Zoos sometimes use moats to keep animals in. In business talk, a "moat" is an advantage that protects a company from rivals.

examples

• The castle was surrounded by a moat. tree →
• The knights lowered the drawbridge over the moat. tree →
• Enemies could not cross the deep moat. tree →
• Ducks swim in the old moat now. tree →
• We drew a castle with a moat around it. tree →
• The lions' enclosure has a moat instead of a fence. tree →
• Its doors are of iron, and round it runs a deep moat, spanned by no bridge. tree →

note

Countable. Homophone: "mote" (a tiny speck of dust) sounds the same. Do not confuse with "boat".

In the corpora

• Great apes do not swim naturally and can drown, so zoos use water moats around ape islands.
• And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.