Moat
noun
A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
The castle was protected by a large moat.
Often appears as...
- castle moat
- drawbridge over moat
noun
A deep hole or trench used for drainage or irrigation.
Farmers dig a moat around the fields to provide water for the crops.
Often appears as...
- dig a moat
- moat around fields
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The safe zone or advantage a company has over competitors.
Their innovative technology created a large moat over their competitors.
Often appears as...
- competitive moat
- economic moat
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
noun
A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
The castle was protected by a large moat.
Often appears as...
- castle moat
- drawbridge over moat
noun
A deep hole or trench used for drainage or irrigation.
Farmers dig a moat around the fields to provide water for the crops.
Often appears as...
- dig a moat
- moat around fields
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The safe zone or advantage a company has over competitors.
Their innovative technology created a large moat over their competitors.
Often appears as...
- competitive moat
- economic moat
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Understanding 'moat' implies knowledge of medieval structures and their defense mechanisms.
Historians explain how the moat was crucial for castle defense.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Water
While commonly water-filled, 'moat' can refer to dry ditches providing a similar defense.
They crossed the dry moat where the water had long evaporated.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
In a non-literal sense, 'moat' can symbolize any protective barrier or separation.
Her wealth created a social moat between her and her peers.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Understanding 'moat' implies knowledge of medieval structures and their defense mechanisms.
Historians explain how the moat was crucial for castle defense.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Water
While commonly water-filled, 'moat' can refer to dry ditches providing a similar defense.
They crossed the dry moat where the water had long evaporated.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
In a non-literal sense, 'moat' can symbolize any protective barrier or separation.
Her wealth created a social moat between her and her peers.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Understanding 'moat' implies knowledge of medieval structures and their defense mechanisms.
Historians explain how the moat was crucial for castle defense.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Water
While commonly water-filled, 'moat' can refer to dry ditches providing a similar defense.
They crossed the dry moat where the water had long evaporated.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
In a non-literal sense, 'moat' can symbolize any protective barrier or separation.
Her wealth created a social moat between her and her peers.
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Video examples
The Surprising...
science she founded the lab that would become the moat marine lab in florida and for a while she worked with lemon sharks there these sharks are about 10 feet long and their yellow brown skin helps them stay hidden in sandy waters eugenie did a lot of experiments with them in an oceanside pit and that's when i realized that they
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The city of walls:...
It contained the priceless knowledge of the classical world which was fading in the West. To protect this masterpiece from its many enemies, Constantine's successors built the finest defensive fortifications ever made. The first line of protection was a moat 60 feet wide and 22 feet deep,
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Tiger Cubs Pass Swim...
to make sure that when the Cubs go outside in the yard with their mother that if they were to fall in the moat that they know how to swim over to the edge and climb out on their own and that's exactly what they did today the boy went in first and he swam around for
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Stripper Clip PIPE National...
before you had to reload somebody must have been an up top shooting away maybe practicing shooting out at the ocean when they got done shooting they probably took that empty clip and just tossed it right off into the moat old world war two or world war one lip
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Investigating Rock...
has a lip at the end and I see no signs of a horseshoe at all which means it's pre-roman that would be pre-roman oh oh here we go okay yeah yeah there's a bunch of stuff here the investigators she wide moat like circles that surround
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
think the craziest in terms of hunts that I've ever seen is lion and elephant and lion and rhino as the boys always been the the moat and line and hippo for that matter but that's more common but lion runner and lion and elephant are
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History vs. Genghis Khan...
His was a strict understanding of justice." "Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines,
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Gary Slutkin: Let's...
because the science hadn't been there before, epidemics of plague or typhus or leprosy, where the prevalent ideas were that there were bad people or bad humors or bad air, and widows were dragged around the moat,
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Zoo-Tiger Escape PIPE...
feet wide it's dry moat was 29 feet across and 12 feet 9 inches deep it had always safely kept Tigers apart from the viewing public until now the tiger that escaped was named tatianna
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Beaver Lumberjacks PIPE...
sits the main living room vented with a chimney to keep it from overheating in time they might build an addition or dig a moat but this will do for now
Video examples
The Surprising...
science she founded the lab that would become the moat marine lab in florida and for a while she worked with lemon sharks there these sharks are about 10 feet long and their yellow brown skin helps them stay hidden in sandy waters eugenie did a lot of experiments with them in an oceanside pit and that's when i realized that they
Video examples
The city of walls:...
It contained the priceless knowledge of the classical world which was fading in the West. To protect this masterpiece from its many enemies, Constantine's successors built the finest defensive fortifications ever made. The first line of protection was a moat 60 feet wide and 22 feet deep,
Video examples
Tiger Cubs Pass Swim...
to make sure that when the Cubs go outside in the yard with their mother that if they were to fall in the moat that they know how to swim over to the edge and climb out on their own and that's exactly what they did today the boy went in first and he swam around for
Video examples
Stripper Clip PIPE National...
before you had to reload somebody must have been an up top shooting away maybe practicing shooting out at the ocean when they got done shooting they probably took that empty clip and just tossed it right off into the moat old world war two or world war one lip
Video examples
Investigating Rock...
has a lip at the end and I see no signs of a horseshoe at all which means it's pre-roman that would be pre-roman oh oh here we go okay yeah yeah there's a bunch of stuff here the investigators she wide moat like circles that surround
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
think the craziest in terms of hunts that I've ever seen is lion and elephant and lion and rhino as the boys always been the the moat and line and hippo for that matter but that's more common but lion runner and lion and elephant are
Video examples
History vs. Genghis Khan...
His was a strict understanding of justice." "Multiple accounts show his army's brutality going beyond ripping unborn children from mothers' wombs, using prisoners as human shields, or moat fillers to support siege engines,
Video examples
Gary Slutkin: Let's...
because the science hadn't been there before, epidemics of plague or typhus or leprosy, where the prevalent ideas were that there were bad people or bad humors or bad air, and widows were dragged around the moat,
Video examples
Zoo-Tiger Escape PIPE...
feet wide it's dry moat was 29 feet across and 12 feet 9 inches deep it had always safely kept Tigers apart from the viewing public until now the tiger that escaped was named tatianna
Video examples
Beaver Lumberjacks PIPE...
sits the main living room vented with a chimney to keep it from overheating in time they might build an addition or dig a moat but this will do for now
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Quote examples
Ben Shapiro
American Author
During the Great Depression, levels of crime actually dropped. During the 1920s, when life was free and easy, so was crime. During the 1930s, when the entire American economy fell into a government-owned alligator moat, crime was nearly non-existent. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was excellent, crime rose again.
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Julie Wainwright
American Businesswoman
When I started in e-commerce, there was not a lot of clutter because there were not a lot of companies. Nowadays, you have to have a pretty serious moat around your business to compete with Amazon, Wal-Mart, and even Alibaba online.
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Joe Mansueto
American Businessman
I thought a company that provides mutual-fund information could be a great business, because you could construct an effective moat by building large financial databases and customer lists and a strong brand name.
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Mary Pope Osborne
American Writer
When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.
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Kim Basinger
American Actress
The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.
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Diplo
American Musician
You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose.
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Tim Berners-Lee
English Inventor
I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions.
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Bill Wyman
British Musician
I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
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Victoria Beckham
English Musician
I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
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Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
There is an invisible moat around the senior royals.
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Ben Shapiro
American Author
During the Great Depression, levels of crime actually dropped. During the 1920s, when life was free and easy, so was crime. During the 1930s, when the entire American economy fell into a government-owned alligator moat, crime was nearly non-existent. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was excellent, crime rose again.
Quote examples
Julie Wainwright
American Businesswoman
When I started in e-commerce, there was not a lot of clutter because there were not a lot of companies. Nowadays, you have to have a pretty serious moat around your business to compete with Amazon, Wal-Mart, and even Alibaba online.
Quote examples
Joe Mansueto
American Businessman
I thought a company that provides mutual-fund information could be a great business, because you could construct an effective moat by building large financial databases and customer lists and a strong brand name.
Quote examples
Mary Pope Osborne
American Writer
When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.
Quote examples
Kim Basinger
American Actress
The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.
Quote examples
Diplo
American Musician
You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose.
Quote examples
Tim Berners-Lee
English Inventor
I have built a moat around myself, along with ways over that moat so that people can ask questions.
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Bill Wyman
British Musician
I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
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Victoria Beckham
English Musician
I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
Quote examples
Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
There is an invisible moat around the senior royals.
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