moated

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   protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water

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Questions about moated

What does moated mean?

moated means "protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water".

How many syllables are in moated?

moated has 3 syllables and divides as mo-a-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is moated a common word?

moated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.