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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fosse
    n 1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
         [syn: moat, fosse]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fosse \Fosse\, n. [F., fr. L. fossa, fr. fodere, fossum, to
   dig.]
   1. (Fort.) A ditch or moat.
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   2. (Anat.) See Fossa.
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   Fosse road. See Fosseway.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. [OE. dich, orig. the
   same word as dik. See Dike.]
   1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
      trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
      inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
      fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat
      or a fosse.
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   2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
      the earth.
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Thesaurus Results for Fosse:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abri, approach trench, aqueduct, bunker, canal, canalization, channel, communication trench, countermine, coupure, crimp, cut, dike, ditch, double sap, dugout, entrenchment, fire trench, flying sap, fortified tunnel, foxhole, gallery, goffer, gutter, ha-ha, kennel, mine, moat, parallel, pleat, sap, slit trench, sunk fence, trench, trough, tunnel

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