dike: Meaning and Definition of

dike

1. an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
2. a ditch.
3. a bank of earth formed of material being excavated.
4. a causeway.
5. a low wall or fence, esp. of earth or stone, for dividing or enclosing land.
6. an obstacle; barrier.
1. a long, narrow, cross-cutting mass of igneous rock intruded into a fissure in older rock.
2. a similar mass of rock composed of other kinds of material, as sandstone.
8. a urinal.

1. to furnish or drain with a dike.
2. to enclose, restrain, or protect by a dike: to dike a tract of land.

dike

1. dyke.