What is another word for dike?
551 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈa͡ɪk], [ dˈaɪk], [ d_ˈaɪ_k]
Dike is a word that refers to a long wall or embankment built to protect land from flooding. In engineering, it is also known as an earthwork. There are several synonyms for the word dike, such as levee, embankment, barrack, breakwater, dam, and seawall. These words are used interchangeably depending on the context and the location of the project. A levee is a natural or man-made feature that holds water, while an embankment is a raised structure of earth that prevents water from reaching the land. A barrack, breakwater, dam, and seawall also have different implications depending on the situation and purpose for which they are used.
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Synonyms for Dike:
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n.
• body of water- bay ,
- bayou ,
- cove ,
- estuary ,
- fiord ,
- gulf ,
- inlet ,
- lagoon ,
- lake ,
- ocean ,
- pond ,
- pool ,
- puddle ,
- reservoir ,
- sound ,
- strait ,
- tank ,
- well .
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v.
• bar • contact- dike .
Other synonyms:
- Sea wall ,
- breakwater ,
- dry-stone wall ,
- earthwork ,
- edge ,
- fence ,
- groyne ,
- gutter ,
- parapet ,
- retaining wall ,
- rock ,
- stockade ,
- wall .
Other relevant words:
- Diked ,
- Diking ,
- Walling ,
- bar ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- caulk ,
- caulked ,
- caulking ,
- caulks ,
- deadbolt ,
- fencing ,
- jamming ,
- trammel ,
- walled .
- Acequia ,
- Adjutage ,
- Ajutage ,
- Balistraria ,
- Bartizan ,
- Bear-trap dam ,
- Bito ,
- Casemate ,
- Causey ,
- Circumvallation ,
- Clough ,
- Contravallation ,
- Coulee ,
- Couloir ,
- Countervallation ,
- Dead water ,
- Demibastion ,
- Emunctory ,
- Fortalice ,
- Gangue ,
- Glacis ,
- Graff ,
- Gurgoyle ,
- HAHA ,
- Ingate ,
- Inland Sea ,
- Interspace ,
- Kila ,
- Kloof ,
- Lakelet ,
- Linn ,
- Lock-weir ,
- Muniment ,
- Nyanza ,
- Parados ,
- Piscina ,
- Press work ,
- Ravelin ,
- Redan ,
- Stoccado ,
- Tedge ,
- Tenaille ,
- Vallation ,
- Vallum ,
- Water pocket ,
- Wynd ,
- abatis ,
- abattis ,
- aboideau ,
- aboiteau ,
- abysm ,
- abyss ,
- adit ,
- advanced work ,
- alley ,
- alleyway ,
- aorta ,
- aqueduct ,
- arch dam ,
- arroyo ,
- arterial ,
- arterial highway ,
- arterial street ,
- artery ,
- artesian well ,
- artificial lake ,
- assert ,
- autoroute ,
- autostrada ,
- avenue ,
- backstop ,
- bamboo curtain ,
- bank ,
- banquette ,
- barachois ,
- barbed-wire entanglement ,
- barbican ,
- barricade ,
- barrier ,
- bastion ,
- battlement ,
- bayou lake ,
- beaver dam ,
- belt highway ,
- blind alley ,
- block ,
- boom ,
- bore ,
- boulevard ,
- box canyon ,
- breach ,
- break ,
- breastwork ,
- broad ,
- buffer ,
- bulkhead ,
- bunker ,
- burrow ,
- butch ,
- bypass ,
- byway ,
- caesura ,
- camino real ,
- camouflage ,
- canal ,
- canalization ,
- canalize ,
- canyon ,
- carriageway ,
- carve ,
- causeway ,
- cavity ,
- chamfer ,
- change over ,
- channel ,
- chap ,
- chasm ,
- chaussee ,
- check ,
- cheval-de-frise ,
- chimney ,
- chink ,
- chisel ,
- choke ,
- chute ,
- circumferential ,
- cistern ,
- clear away ,
- cleft ,
- cleuch ,
- cloaca ,
- close ,
- coerce ,
- cofferdam ,
- col ,
- compel ,
- concealment ,
- conduit ,
- confine ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- corduroy road ,
- corrugate ,
- counterscarp ,
- country rock ,
- court ,
- cover ,
- crack ,
- cranny ,
- creek ,
- crescent ,
- crevasse ,
- crevice ,
- crimp ,
- cul de sac ,
- culvert ,
- curtain ,
- cut ,
- cwm ,
- dado ,
- dam ,
- dead-end street ,
- decameter ,
- defend ,
- defense ,
- defile ,
- deity ,
- dekametre ,
- dell ,
- delve ,
- deposit ,
- dig ,
- dig out ,
- dirt road ,
- discontinue ,
- disturb ,
- donga ,
- drain ,
- draw ,
- drawbridge ,
- dredge ,
- drill ,
- drive ,
- driveway ,
- duct ,
- dyke ,
- embankment ,
- enclose ,
- enclosure ,
- enfold ,
- engrave ,
- entanglement ,
- entrenchment ,
- escarp ,
- escarpment ,
- etang ,
- excavate ,
- excavation ,
- exclude ,
- expressway ,
- fault ,
- fieldwork ,
- fishpond ,
- fissure ,
- flaw ,
- flume ,
- flute ,
- fortification ,
- fosse ,
- foxhole ,
- fracture ,
- free passage ,
- freeway ,
- freshwater lake ,
- funnel ,
- furrow ,
- gap ,
- gape ,
- gargoyle ,
- gash ,
- gate ,
- glacial lake ,
- god ,
- goddess ,
- goffer ,
- gorge ,
- gouge ,
- gouge out ,
- grave ,
- gravel road ,
- groove ,
- grub ,
- gulch ,
- gully ,
- ha-ha ,
- head race ,
- hiatus ,
- highroad ,
- highway ,
- hinder ,
- hold back ,
- hole ,
- homosexual ,
- hose ,
- impede ,
- in transit ,
- incise ,
- incision ,
- inclose ,
- inclosure ,
- intermit ,
- interregnum ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- interstate highway ,
- interstice ,
- interval ,
- intrenchment ,
- iron curtain ,
- jam ,
- jetty ,
- joint ,
- justice ,
- justify ,
- kennel ,
- laager ,
- lacuna ,
- laguna ,
- lane ,
- leak ,
- levee ,
- lin ,
- local road ,
- loch ,
- lock ,
- lode ,
- logjam ,
- loophole ,
- lough ,
- lour ,
- lower ,
- lunette ,
- machicolation ,
- main ,
- main drag ,
- main road ,
- mantelet ,
- matrix ,
- mere ,
- merlon ,
- mesh ,
- mews ,
- mill pond ,
- milldam ,
- millpond ,
- mine ,
- mineral deposit ,
- moat ,
- motorway ,
- mound ,
- munition ,
- notch ,
- nullah ,
- obstacle ,
- obstruct ,
- obstruction ,
- opening ,
- ore bed ,
- outwork ,
- oxbow lake ,
- paling ,
- palisade ,
- pantile ,
- parkway ,
- pass ,
- passage ,
- passing through ,
- pave ,
- paved road ,
- pay dirt ,
- penstock ,
- pier ,
- pike ,
- pipe ,
- place ,
- plank road ,
- plash ,
- pleat ,
- plow ,
- pore ,
- portcullis ,
- preclude ,
- private road ,
- protect ,
- push ,
- quarry ,
- rabbet ,
- race ,
- rampart ,
- ravine ,
- redoubt ,
- rent ,
- revetment ,
- rifle ,
- rift ,
- right of way ,
- rime ,
- ring road ,
- road ,
- roadbed ,
- roadblock ,
- roadway ,
- rose ,
- route nationale ,
- row ,
- royal road ,
- runner ,
- rupture ,
- rut ,
- safeguard ,
- safety ,
- salina ,
- sally port ,
- sandbag ,
- sangar ,
- sap ,
- scarp ,
- scissure ,
- sconce ,
- scoop ,
- scoop out ,
- score ,
- scrabble ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- screen ,
- scupper ,
- seam ,
- seawall ,
- separation ,
- sewer ,
- shelter ,
- sheugh ,
- shoot ,
- shovel ,
- shut in ,
- sink ,
- siphon ,
- slab ,
- slit ,
- slot ,
- sluice ,
- sough ,
- spade ,
- speedway ,
- split ,
- spout ,
- stagnant water ,
- standing water ,
- state highway ,
- still water ,
- stock ,
- stone wall ,
- stop ,
- store ,
- streak ,
- street ,
- striate ,
- sump ,
- sunk fence ,
- superhighway ,
- tajo ,
- tarn ,
- terrace ,
- thoroughfare ,
- thruway ,
- tidal pond ,
- toll road ,
- trench ,
- trough ,
- tube ,
- tunnel ,
- turnpike ,
- valley ,
- valve ,
- vein ,
- vena ,
- void ,
- wadi ,
- waste pipe ,
- water gate ,
- water hole ,
- water pipe ,
- watercourse ,
- waterworks ,
- weir ,
- work ,
- wrinkle .
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How to use "Dike" in context?
Dikes are an important part of any drainage system. They are used to collect rainwater and runoff from areas that are prone to flooding. They are also used to prevent soil erosion.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
dyke.
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Proper noun, singular
dyke.
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Noun, singular or mass
dyke.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
causeway.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
embankment, levee, seawall.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Dike:
- DCI, dika, doggo, decoke, duchy, doxy, dj, dace, death house, deathwatch, deck-house, death tax, dietetic, DECO, diazo, daze, dak, decay, degauss, dos, dogie, Dhaka, dock, dick, decease, doze, detick, daishiki, dts, diaz, deuce-ace, doughy, doge, dekko, dead duck, day watch, dietetics, days, dec, dyck, deuce, dyaus, dg, d.c., disk jockey, duse, dishy, doss, do the dishes, detox, dish, dachau, dacca, dkg, dachsie, duchess, dough, dago, diathesis, disk-jockey, dodge, dicky, disuse, dec 24, dodgy, dog house, disguise, dig, dosshouse, des, doohickey, daisy, ds, dukas, DoJ, dawes, dog show, dehisce, desex, dizygous, disc jockey, dusky, deutzia, dhak, decius, deixis, doggie, doggy, dosage, dickie, de-ice, duds, dix, DC, dizzy, douse, deck, death wish, discus, discase, desk, deeds, duke, dash, 366 days, dag, DTIC, disa, detach, de-access, dhegiha, dockage, digs, duck, duck's egg, dds, doghouse, dickey, Dutch Hoe, dyadic, dice, degas, dead sea, dioecious, ducky, disk access, dagga, dis, douche, dixie, dog, doc, dyke, dashiki, daucus, dose, duck sauce, detusk, das, dais, duteous, dogy, DoJC, dowse, dicey, dec 25, disco, dias, dug, dacha, ditch, dutch, deduce, 365 days, dusk, dassie, decoy, dozy, disc-jockey, duce, disk, discuss, disease, disk cache, disc, diss, deice, diocese, degage, Diesis, dyschezia, De Sica, dotage.
Hyponym for Dike:
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