The Meaning of dike

• (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
• (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
• (n.) A wall of turf or stone.
• (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
• (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
• (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.
• (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.

Synonyms

butch , dyke , dam , dyke , dyke

Homophones

dyck , dyke

Rhymes

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