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Fos·se  (fs), Robert Louis Known as "Bob." 1927-1987.
American choreographer and director of Broadway and motion-picture productions, including Cabaret (1972), for which he won an Academy Award.
fosse also foss  (fs)
n.
A ditch or moat.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fossa; see fossa.]
fosse, foss [fɒs]
n
(Military / Fortifications) a ditch or moat, esp one dug as a fortification
[from Old French, from Latin fossa; see fossa1]
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Noun1.Fossefosse - ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
moat
trench - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth


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