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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dike1 or dyke /daɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a thick wall or embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river.
- Civil Engineeringditch.
dike2 /daɪk/USA pronunciation n. - dyke2.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dike1 (dīk),USA pronunciation n., v., diked, dik•ing. n. - Civil Engineeringan embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
- Civil Engineeringa ditch.
- Civil Engineeringa bank of earth formed of material being excavated.
- Civil Engineeringa causeway.
- British Termsa low wall or fence, esp. of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land.
- an obstacle;
barrier. - Geology
- a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock.
- a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone.
- British Terms[Chiefly Australian Slang.]a urinal.
v.t. - Civil Engineeringto furnish or drain with a dike.
- Civil Engineeringto enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike:to dike a tract of land.
Also, dyke. - Old Norse dīki; akin to ditch
- Middle English dik(e), Old English dīc bef. 900
- Sex and Genderdyke2.
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