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  • adjective Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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moat +‎ -like

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Examples

  • It looked more like a fortress than an island, separated from the mainland by only a moatlike strip of blue water, the Salamis straits.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • It looked more like a fortress than an island, separated from the mainland by only a moatlike strip of blue water, the Salamis straits.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

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