ETYM Old Eng. dich, orig. the same word as dik. Related to Dike.
(Irregular plural: ditches).
1. A long narrow excavation in the earth.
2. Any small natural waterway.

Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour).

ETYM Old Fren. mote hill, dike, bank, French motte clod, turf: cf. Spanish and Portu. mota bank or mound of earth, Italian motta clod, Late Lat. mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an eminence, a dike, Prov. German mott bog earth heaped up.
(Homonym: mote).
A ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water; SYN. fosse.
Ditch, often filled with water, surrounding a building or garden.
Some 5,000 moats exist in England alone, many dating from the 12th–13th centuries; some were built for defense and others as a status symbol. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. trenche, French tranchée. Related to Trench.
(Irregular plural: trenches).
1. A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.
2. A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.
3. Any long cut made in the ground.

ETYM Latin, a ditch. Related to Fosse.
Depression or cavity, e.g. in bone.

ETYM AS. gr?f, from grafan to dig; akin to Dutch and OS. graf, German grab, Icel. gröf, Russ. grob grave, coffin. Related to Grave to carve.
1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); SYN. tomb.
2. Death of a person.

ETYM Old Eng. pit, put, as. pytt a pit, hole, Latin puteus a well, pit.
1. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression); SYN. fossa.
2. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground); SYN. cavity.
3. A trap in the form of a concealed hole; SYN. pitfall.
4. An open-surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; SYN. quarry, stone pit.
5. The stone-like seed at the core of certain fruits. + prikaži više