dike

dike

noun

Definition of DIKE

1

a bank of earth constructed to control water <an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea>

Synonyms dike, embankment, head, levee

Related Words breakwater, jetty, seawall; breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, rampart; canal, channel, ditch, gutter, trough; lock; barricade, barrier, block; floodgate, sluice; barrage, milldam, stank [British], weir

2

a long narrow channel dug in the earth <water flowed along the dike to the small pond>

Synonyms dike, fosse (or foss), gutter, sheugh [chiefly Scottish], trench, trough

Related Words acequia [Southwest], culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine; drill, furrow; ha-ha, moat, stank [British dialect], sunk fence; kennel