Definition for Moat:

• A ditch or deep trench around a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water.

Synonyms for Moat:

• n.

  •
  • bell tower,
  • castle,
  • chateau,
  • battlements,
  • casbah,
  • belfry,
  • castellated,
  • bailey,
  • chatelaine,
  • campanile.
  •
  • preserve,
  • pound,
  • nature reserve,
  • reservation.
  •barrier (noun)
  • blank walls.
  •defense (noun)
  • countermeasure,
  • harbor,
  • armor,
  • backfire,
  • buffer,
  • barricade,
  • retort,
  • fortress,
  • return,
  • security,
  • reply,
  • rebuttal,
  • resistance,
  • counterattack,
  • defense,
  • guard,
  • wall,
  • screen,
  • shield,
  • safeguard,
  • answer,
  • protection,
  • support,
  • aversion,
  • shelter,
  • argument,
  • stronghold,
  • cover,
  • response.
  •ditch (noun)
  • furrow,
  • gully,
  • canal.
  •gutter (noun)
  • sulcations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • petting zoo,
  • channel,
  • safari park,
  • zoological garden,
  • game reserve,
  • game preserve,
  • zoo,
  • menagerie.
  •
  • captivity,
  • sluice.
  •
  • sanctuary.
  •Other relevant words:
  • camouflage,
  • sough,
  • safety,
  • Muniment,
  • dugout,
  • bunker,
  • chap,
  • Clough,
  • fault,
  • chimney,
  • Kloof,
  • reservoir,
  • opening,
  • levee,
  • sandbag,
  • slit trench,
  • watercourse,
  • paling,
  • chink,
  • drain,
  • conduit,
  • flume,
  • race,
  • barrage,
  • bulkhead,
  • ha-ha,
  • Balistraria,
  • slot,
  • sunk fence,
  • gorge,
  • pit,
  • joint,
  • adit,
  • pore,
  • col,
  • gulf,
  • culvert,
  • hose,
  • Bear-trap dam,
  • Vallum,
  • artery,
  • check,
  • waste pipe,
  • Acequia,
  • stone wall,
  • swift current,
  • rupture,
  • main,
  • duct,
  • groin,
  • Casemate,
  • abattis,
  • spout,
  • palisade,
  • cofferdam,
  • valley,
  • HAHA,
  • lock,
  • dam,
  • defile,
  • bulwark,
  • pleat,
  • Lock-weir,
  • cranny,
  • breach,
  • rampart,
  • vena,
  • gash,
  • roadblock,
  • parapet,
  • incision,
  • Contravallation,
  • gallery,
  • dike,
  • munition,
  • revetment,
  • gulch,
  • sangar,
  • Ajutage,
  • seawall,
  • siphon,
  • wadi,
  • laager,
  • hole,
  • jetty,
  • embankment,
  • canalization,
  • pass,
  • flaw,
  • Glacis,
  • Stoccado,
  • parallel,
  • cut,
  • work,
  • goffer,
  • approach trench,
  • countermine,
  • canyon,
  • water pipe,
  • abyss,
  • penstock,
  • passage,
  • breastwork,
  • scarp,
  • breakwater,
  • fire trench,
  • fortification,
  • intrenchment,
  • fracture,
  • dyke,
  • abatis,
  • ravine,
  • backstop,
  • Gurgoyle,
  • gargoyle,
  • chasm,
  • rent,
  • rime,
  • valve,
  • Kila,
  • sap,
  • notch,
  • arch dam,
  • water gate,
  • beaver dam,
  • Bito,
  • cavity,
  • mound,
  • donga,
  • fence,
  • cwm,
  • groove,
  • bamboo curtain,
  • boom,
  • Vallation,
  • aboiteau,
  • iron curtain,
  • Ingate,
  • tunnel,
  • stockade,
  • Emunctory,
  • abysm,
  • mine,
  • tube,
  • slit,
  • gate,
  • jam,
  • rose,
  • Piscina,
  • Coupure,
  • scupper,
  • funnel,
  • inclosure,
  • Abri,
  • mole,
  • crevasse,
  • castle defense,
  • cleft,
  • crack,
  • Adjutage,
  • cleuch,
  • break,
  • aqueduct,
  • head race,
  • Circumvallation,
  • waterworks,
  • leak,
  • box canyon,
  • River-bed,
  • aboideau,
  • seam,
  • split,
  • battlement,
  • castle's watery defense,
  • tajo,
  • logjam,
  • aorta,
  • void,
  • crimp,
  • excavation,
  • Tedge,
  • concealment,
  • Sea wall,
  • portcullis,
  • draw,
  • Couloir,
  • communication trench,
  • pipe,
  • Coulee,
  • arroyo,
  • kennel,
  • interval,
  • dell,
  • cloaca,
  • rift,
  • crevice,
  • pond,
  • milldam,
  • fissure,
  • pantile,
  • bar,
  • gap,
  • scissure,
  • gape,
  • weir,
  • bank,
  • nullah,
  • escarp,
  • runner.

Paraphrases for Moat:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ditch, trench.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pit, gap.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fluke.

Moat Sentence Examples:

• There was a - a -" " Moat," Branciforte suggested.

• The two now drew nearer and came even to the edge of the moat.

Homophones for Moat:

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