dike

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an embankment built to hold back water and prevent flooding

   Villagers reinforced the dike before the river crested.

From Middle English dike, dik ('ditch, embankment'), from Old English dīc ('ditch, dike'), of Germanic origin; the same root yields both 'ditch' (the cut) and 'dike' (the bank thrown up).

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