"fosse" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fosse road"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fosseway"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fosse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fosse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fosse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French fosse",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fossa",
        "t": "ditch, trench"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fosses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fosse (plural fosses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 486",
          "text": "[T]he ground was […] scattered with the masses of ruined buildings, that had formerly been part of the outward fortifications, but of which some were fallen into the fosse, and others overgrown with alder, ash, and arbeal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ditch or moat."
      ],
      "id": "en-fosse-en-noun-fWoLFDcg",
      "links": [
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḵandaq",
          "sense": "a ditch or moat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "خَنْدَق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okop",
          "sense": "a ditch or moat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "окоп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rov",
          "sense": "a ditch or moat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ров"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "a ditch or moat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "co"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a ditch or moat",
          "word": "awamate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xandaq",
          "sense": "a ditch or moat",
          "word": "خندق"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fossa"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of fossa"
      ],
      "id": "en-fosse-en-noun-xOtrOFSz",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "fossa",
          "fossa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) Alternative form of fossa"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɒs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑs/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "foss"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fosse"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːs/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fosse road"
    },
    {
      "word": "fosseway"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fosse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fosse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fosse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French fosse",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fossa",
        "t": "ditch, trench"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fosses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fosse (plural fosses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 486",
          "text": "[T]he ground was […] scattered with the masses of ruined buildings, that had formerly been part of the outward fortifications, but of which some were fallen into the fosse, and others overgrown with alder, ash, and arbeal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ditch or moat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fossa"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of fossa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "fossa",
          "fossa#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) Alternative form of fossa"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɒs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɑs/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "foss"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵandaq",
      "sense": "a ditch or moat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَنْدَق"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okop",
      "sense": "a ditch or moat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "окоп"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rov",
      "sense": "a ditch or moat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ров"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a ditch or moat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "co"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a ditch or moat",
      "word": "awamate"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xandaq",
      "sense": "a ditch or moat",
      "word": "خندق"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fosse"
}