moat

IPA: mˈoʊt

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

Examples of "moat" in Sentences

Outside the moat is a fine walk, with a view of the sea.
That is a characteristic he has long sought in investments, which he calls a "moat" against competition.
But tough competition and low switching costs prevent it from building a long-term moat, and thus prevent it from being a
There are several other kinds of grain in use amongst the Natives for the use of cattle; one called moat, [24] of an olive green colour.
Saving the day on the other side of the moat is my skinny-ass Haitian neighbor Gustav, he literally pulls me up along the dirt out the moat!
It's like handing the reader the keys to the kingdom and then saying, sorry, the moat is clogged up and we won't be re-opening until 6: 00 p.m. tomorrow.
One day, leaving this idyllic perch – the moat is broad and green and a mile long on each of its four sides – we went to visit the over seven hundred pages of the Buddha’s teachings.
Mr. GLASSMAN: I would put -- we recommend putting most of it or let's say $50 or $60 of it into growth stocks; that is to say larger companies that have shown in the past that they can increase their earnings at a pretty good clip and have a-- what we call a moat around their business, a kind of a franchise.