Information about the word moat (English → Esperanto: fosaĵo)

Synonym: ditch

Part of speechcommon noun
Pronunciation/məʊ̯t/
Hyphenationmoat
Pluralmoats

Usage samples

His city of Babylon covered more than three square miles, surrounded by moats and ringed by a double circuit of walls.

Translations

Czechpříkop
Dutchgracht
Esperantofosaĵo
Frenchfossé
GermanGraben
Latinfossa
Portuguesecava; fossa
Saterland FrisianGrääb
Spanishzanja
Swedishdike
West Frisiandobbe; sleat