dyke

Dutch water wall

Dyke is the British spelling of dike and represents all meanings of that word that represent structures, natural or built.

Dyke is also a slang and sometimes disparaging word for a lesbian.

embankment

levee

River flood barrier

  • bermRaised strip alongside roads
  • earthworkConstructed soil structure
  • damWater-holding barrier

causeway · bank · ridge · mound · barrage · sea wall · flood wall · retaining wall · riprap · revetment

LGBTQ

butch

Masculine in manner

  • femmeFeminine-presenting queer person
  • lesbianWoman desiring women
  • queerUnusual or non-normative

stud · lipstick · softball · pride · coming out · gaydar · scene · bar · community · identity

geology

intrusion

Unauthorized entry into space

  • igneousFormed from cooled magma
  • magmaMolten rock underground
  • basaltFine-grained volcanic stone

sill · volcanic · fissure · plutonic · rock · outcrop · vertical · sheet · formation · mineral

Categories
Opposites
water containment function

dykechannel

Passage for transmission

drain · breach · canal · spillway · sluice

topographical feature

dykebreach

Breaking of agreement

gap · opening · trench · valley · gorge

sexual orientation

dykestraight woman

Comedy duo's serious half

hetero · heterosexual · breeder

Phrases
Family

dykes, dyked

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