The meaning of DIKE is an artificial watercourse : ditch.

In geology, a dike or dyke is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body. Dikes can be either magmatic or sedimentary in origin. Magmatic dikes form when magma …

DIKE meaning: 1 : a long narrow hole that is dug in the ground to carry water a ditch or trench; 2 : a bank or mound of earth that is built to control water and especially to protect an area from …

dike noun (also dyke) /daɪk/ a long thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto a low area of land, especially from the ocean

Middle English (Northern) dik, dike, from Old Norse díki 'ditch, dike'. More at and doublet of ditch.

Civil Engineering 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.

dike noun (WALL) Add to word list a wall built to stop water from a sea or river going onto the land