dyke Synonyms
Another word for dyke
• noun (Context 1)
A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea or a river, or an excavated ditch or watercourse for drainage.
"Engineers reinforced the coastal dike to protect the low-lying farmland from rising storm surges."
• noun (Context 2)
A lesbian (originally and often used as a disparaging slang term, though also reclaimed as a neutral or proud self-designation within the lesbian community).
"The annual pride parade began with a motorcade organized by a local lesbian collective."
• noun (Context 3)
In geology, a sheet-like body of igneous rock or sediment that cuts vertically or steeply across older existing rock strata.
"The dark basalt dike was clearly visible cutting vertically through the pale sandstone cliff."
• noun (Context 4)
A low wall serving as a boundary or enclosure, typically built of dry stone or turf.
"The sheep grazed quietly inside the pasture enclosed by an ancient dry-stone dike."
• verb (Context 5)
To provide, protect, or enclose land with a wall, embankment, or drainage ditch.
"Centuries ago, villagers began to dike the marshes to reclaim fertile ground for agriculture."