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(moat) 1 syllables

Definition

noun. a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, often filled with water, designed as a defense against attack.

Example Sentence

A moat separates the animals in the zoo from the spectators.

More Example Sentences

As they walked along the edge of the moat, they could see fish swimming in the clear water.

Synonyms

ditch; trench; waterway

Antonyms

ocean

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Rhymes

  • bloat
  • boat
  • choat
  • choate
  • coat
  • cote
  • dote
  • float
  • gloat
  • goat
  • groat
  • grote
  • haute
  • kote
  • moat
  • mote
  • note
  • oat
  • pote
  • quote
  • roat
  • rote
  • schaut
  • sloat
  • sloate
  • smote
  • sproat
  • throat
  • tote
  • vogt
  • vote
  • wrote

  • afloat
  • bacote
  • banxquote
  • capote
  • chipote
  • connote
  • demote
  • denote
  • devote
  • ducote
  • hinote
  • misquote
  • outvote
  • promote
  • remote
  • rewrote
  • uncoat
  • unquote
  • vannote

  • terre-haute
  • underwrote
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