dyke

Everyday

1. A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back. tree →
2. A dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields. tree →

In the lessons

in tales a house beside a bank or ditch; in lessons a wall of earth that stops flooding

Examples

• The old woman lived in a house on the dyke. tree →
• Cattle grazed in the fields beside the dykes. tree →
• The farmers repaired the dyke after the flood. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.