dike

[US]/daik/
[UK]/daɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. embankment; obstacle; (British) trench
vt. build embankments for protection; dig trenches for drainage.

Phrases & Collocations

flood control dike

dike construction

spur dike

Example Sentences

They dug a dike along walls of the school.

Dikes protected the lowland from incursions of the sea.

Occurrence: dike, sill, laccolith, lopolith, stock and batholith.

The dike burst, and the flood waters vomited forth.

Many diorite porphyrite and albite aplite dikes are found in the gold district and its surrounding areas.

the rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.

Fascine dike is one of the methods for the control of collapsing pits along river bank,which is actually a pervious dike piled up by the fascine bundles.

The maximum depth of the pit is mainly related to the inflow angle, unit discharge and the perviousness of the dike etc. with the maximum impact from the Unit discharge.

Wang Shunsheng visited waterlocks, dikes and dams in these two districts and inspected the operation and maintenance of flood control works there.

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