dyke

( also dike)

/daɪk/ noun [C]

Translation

WALL › a wall built to stop water from a sea or river going onto the land

set, bent

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PASSAGE UK › a passage that has been dug to take water away from fields

kanal, ark, tahliye/boşaltma kanalı

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(Definition of dyke noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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