Word Meaning

Meaning of dike

- A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
- An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
- A wall of turf or stone.
- A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
- To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
- To drain by a dike or ditch.
- To work as a ditcher; to dig.