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Dike

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Dike or dyke, can mean:

  • A slang term for lesbian
  • Another word for levee, a long wall or bank built to hold water, or to separate land areas
    • Dykes may have sluice gates at intervals. They may be raised to let water through.
  • Dyke (geology), where magma or sediment cut across normal rock formations
  • Another word for diagonal pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
  • Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice, one of the Horae