moat
nounEtymology
From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”). Cognate with Alemannic German Mott, Mutte (“peat, turf”), Bavarian Mott (“peat, turf”), dialectal Dutch mot (“dust, fine sand”), Saterland Frisian mut (“grit, litter, humus”), Swedish muta (“to drizzle”), Old English mot (“speck, particle”). More at mote, mud, smut. As term for a business strategy, popularized by American investor Warren Buffett.
Definitions
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified…
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the…
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.
- No matter how good your company's product is or how quickly the industry is growing, if there is no moat, competitors will invade your castle and burn it down.
A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
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A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
A hill or mound.
To surround with a moat.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for moat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA