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What is the noun for dyke?

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dyke
  1. (Britain, historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
  2. (Britain) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
  3. (Britain, dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
  4. (Britain, dialect) Any watercourse.
  5. (Britain, dialect) Any small body of water.
  6. (obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground.
  7. (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
  8. (Britain) An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.
  9. (obsolete) A city wall.
  10. (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
  11. (Britain, dialect) Any fence or hedge.
  12. (Britain) An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
  13. (Britain, figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
  14. (Britain) A beaver's dam.
  15. (Britain, dialect) A jetty; a pier.
  16. (Britain) A raised causeway.
  17. (Britain, dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
  18. (Britain, geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
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  20. Examples:
    1. “The construction crew installed a dyke along the side of the road to direct rainwater away from the foundation of the building.”
dyke
  1. (pejorative) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The construction crew installed a dyke along the side of the road to direct rainwater away from the foundation of the building.”
dykedom
  1. (slang) The state or sphere of dykes, or lesbians.
dykehood
  1. (slang) The state or sphere of dykes, or lesbians.
dyking
  1. Alternative spelling of diking
  2. Examples:
    1. “Proposals for border dyking were not accepted and low-interest loans for irrigation from the Rural Bank did not last.”
dykes
  1. plural of dyke
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The authorities began working frantically up the river, using whatever materials and means available to construct dykes, dams and levees.”
      “A stockwork of dykes of mainly jotunitic composition crosscuts the anorthosite bodies and the lopolith.”
      “Columnar joints are best developed in sills and dykes, volcanic vents, and former lava lakes.”
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