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moated

moated adjective: surrounded with a moat. Also the simple past and past participle of moat.

Adjective

moated (not comparable)

  1. Surrounded with a moat.
    • His goal is to imbue his waterfront enclave with enough complexity to provide a distilled version of the great metropolis within this moated sanctuary.2008 March 3, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai”, in New York Times

Also used as

moated is also the simple past and past participle of moat.

Origin of moated

From moat + -ed.

Words formed from moated

Questions about moated

What does moated mean?
Moated means surrounded with a moat.
What part of speech is moated?
Moated is an adjective.

Words near moated in the dictionary

  1. moas
  2. MOASS
  3. moast
  4. moastly
  5. moat
  6. moated
  7. moating
  8. moatlike
  9. moats
  10. Moatses
  11. Moattalite

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