Words similar to moat

Example sentences for: moat

How can you use “moat” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The museum is entered through a large archway beyond a moat.
They also lead to the deep moat, once the first line of protection against manned assault but now converted into a splendid tropical garden with varieties of giant bamboo, fern, and ficus.
Their arena is Lake Washington, the 18-mile-long moat that separates Seattle from the Eastside locales of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Kirkland, and Redmond--global headquarters of Slate . The transition of Lake Washington from a decent water-skiing pond into something Gatsbyesque and gawk-worthy has been so dramatic that now some people visit the Northwest for the sole purpose of staring at all the man-made creations on and around the lake.
It houses more than 200 animal species, most famous of which is the giant panda, and has an imaginative monkey mountain behind a moat.
...A moment's reflection will show that stoat and start are different words, just as coat and cart or moat and mart.