An intrusive rock that invades preexisting rocks, commonly in a tabular shape that cuts vertically or nearly vertically across preexisting layers. Dikes form from igneous and sedimentary rocks.

A tabular igneous intrusion that cuts across the surrounding rock.

Old English dic "trench, ditch; an earthwork with a trench; moat," from Proto-Germanic *dik- (source also of Old Norse diki "ditch, fishpond," Old Frisian dik "mound, dam,&quo [..]

A wall of igneous rock that cuts across layers of surrounding rock.

a barrier, usually a natural or artificial wall used to regulate water levels. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

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An embankment or wall built to act as a barrier blocking passage of liquids to surrounding areas. (Dictionary.com)

a narrow intrusion, usually of magma, that cuts across the natural bedding or layering of the host rock

(n) (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine(n) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea(v) enclose with a dike

Bank of earth or stone used to form a barrier, frequently and confusingly interchanged with levee. A dike restrains water within an area that normally is flooded. See levee.

A sheet-like or tabular-shaped igneous

A sheet-like or tabular-shaped igneous intrusion that cuts across the sedimentary layering, metamorphic foliation, or other texture of a pre-existing rock. more details...

A tabular igneous intrusion that cuts across the bedding or foliation of the country rock.

Sometimes written as dyke; earth structure along a sea or river in order to protect littoral lands from flooding by high water; dikes along rivers are sometimes called levees.

A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading.

A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading.

A tabular body of igneous rock injected into a fissure when molten and cuts across the structure of the adjacent rocks.

A wall of igneous rock cutting across layers of surrounding rock.

an artificial watercourse; a bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water, such as a levee

dyke|lang=en|nodot=a: ditch; embankment; waterway;

for someone living near a dike.

A butch lesbian.

Means "justice" in Greek. In Greek mythology Dike was the goddess of justice, one of the Ὥραι (Horai).