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dike

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of dike

dam, embankment, head, levee

Words Related to dike

breakwater, jetty, seawall

breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, rampart

canal, channel, ditch, gutter, trough

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 of dike

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

Words Related to dike

acequia [Southwest], culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine

ha-ha, moat, stank [British dialect], sunk fence

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