ha-has

noun

plural of ha-ha
as in ditches

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  1. ditches
  2. moats
  3. trenches
Noun
  • Travelers are advised to avoid roadside ditches, shoulders and unmarked trails and never touch anything that could be unexploded munitions.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In the spring, when the snow is melting and the springs that are high up in the rock cliffs some miles away are carrying it down full speed, the ditches overflow as does the little creek that runs near my cabin.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ditches
Noun
  • Twenty-two wide moats were downgraded, twenty to narrow and two to none, concentrated in enterprise software, IT services and payroll, hitting names like Workday, Adobe, Salesforce and ADP.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Ant moats are the most effective way of keeping ants out of the feeder if the ants don’t have an alternate route.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of moats
Noun
  • As police in Kathmandu buried dozens of bodies in multiple trenches, Nepal’s disaster agency said that 1,003 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people missing, including 583 foreign nationals.
    — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In Kathmandu, police worked in heavy rain on Tuesday to bury dozens of bodies in multiple trenches next to a forested area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of trenches
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