Moat
Moat noun - Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
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Nearby Word: moated
Wall
Wall noun - A physical object that blocks the way.
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The area known as The States in White Noise is surrounded by a gigantic wall and poison gas filled moat.
Source: The Wall Around the World -
After some negatively eye-opening experiences in the past, he built a wall around his emotions and guarded that wall with a moat made of dumb jokes and sarcasm.
Source: Sad Clown -
In The Debt, for example, she enters a palace by leaping from the moat to the top of the wall.
Source: In a Single Bound
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