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    The document defines two meanings of the word "dyke": [1] A wall built to prevent flooding from rivers or the sea or a channel dug to drain water away; similar to a dam. [2] (slang) A lesbian woman, though some consider this term offensive. It also provides synonyms for barriers that hold or divert water like ditches, dams, and tunnels.

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    The document defines two meanings of the word "dyke": [1] A wall built to prevent flooding from rivers or the sea or a channel dug to drain water away; similar to a dam. [2] (slang) A lesbian woman, though some consider this term offensive. It also provides synonyms for barriers that hold or divert water like ditches, dams, and tunnels.

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    Dike / Daɪk/ / Daɪk/: Noun (WALL)

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    The document defines two meanings of the word "dyke": [1] A wall built to prevent flooding from rivers or the sea or a channel dug to drain water away; similar to a dam. [2] (slang) A lesbian woman, though some consider this term offensive. It also provides synonyms for barriers that hold or divert water like ditches, dams, and tunnels.

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    dykenoun [C]

    ALSO dike UK /dak/ US /dak/

    dyke noun [ C ] (WALL)

    a wall built to prevent the sea or a river from covering an area, or


    a channel dugto take water away from an area
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    dam noun
    Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

    Ditches, dams & tunnels

    cut

    cutting

    dam

    dam sth up

    dike

    ditch

    groin

    groyne

    spillway
    subway
    the Channel Tunnel

    the Chunnel

    trench

    tunnel
    underpass
    dyke noun [ C ] (WOMAN)

    SLANG a lesbian . Many people consider this word offensive.

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