moat
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
Other meanings
An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the nature of its products, services or franchise or for some other reason.
A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
A kind of
- trench
Related words
- moatlike
- economic moat
- Gaussian moat
- moaty
Word history
From Medieval Latin "mota" (a mound, hill).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “moat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.