▸ noun: A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. ▸ noun: (business, figurative) 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. ▸ noun: A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it. ▸ noun: (meteorology) A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone. ▸ noun: (obsolete) A hill or mound. ▸ verb: (transitive) To surround with a moat. ▸ noun: A surname.
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