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Word: Dyke
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting a trench or ditch): from Old Norse dík, related to ditch. dyke (sense 1 of the noun) has been influenced by Middle Low German dīk ‘dam’ and Middle Dutch dijc ‘ditch, dam’
dʌɪk
a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.
Short Definition:embankment built to prevent flooding
a ditch or watercourse.
Short Definition:ditch or watercourse
an intrusion of igneous rock cutting across existing strata.
Short Definition:intrusion of igneous rock
a toilet.
Short Definition:toilet
- dike
Word: Dyke
Speech Type: Verb
dʌɪk
provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding
Short Definition:provide with a dyke to prevent flooding
Examples:- they dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer
- the fertility of those dyked lands was unrivalled
- dike
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