dike

Everyday

1. A dike is a long bank of earth or stone built to keep the sea or a river from flooding the land; it is the same as a dyke. tree →
2. (old use) A dike can also be a ditch dug to drain water from land. tree →

In the lessons

in old tales a woman walks out to the dike and calls across the water; in lessons it names a wall of earth beside water

Examples

• The farmers built a high dike to keep out the sea. tree →
• She came to the dike and called out. tree →
• The mother sat on the dike and wailed for her child. tree →

Note

nothing for maths