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dike

(also dyke)
 
 
/daɪk/ noun

Definition

WALL a wall built to stop water from a sea or river going onto the land
PASSAGE UK a passage that has been dug to take water away from fields
(Definition of dike noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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