Usually means: Structures designed to prevent flooding.
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  1. dykes: Merriam-Webster
  2. dykes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dykes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dyke's, Dykes, dykes: Wordnik
  5. dykes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Dykes, dykes: Wiktionary
  7. dykes: Dictionary.com
  8. dykes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dykes (surname), Dykes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Dykes: Rhymezone
  11. dykes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dykes: Encyclopedia

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  1. Dykes: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dykes)

▸ noun:  Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire cutters.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
dam, dike, levee, butch, dyker, dyking, dykelet, dykery, Dikē, dikeside, more...

Opposite:
dams, levees, embankments, barriers

Types:
magmatic, laccolithic, sedimentary, intrusive, more...

Phrases:
bull dykes, Sonny Dykes, Dykes to Watch Out For, Lyndon Dykes, Dykes on Bikes, more...

Adjectives:
basic, numerous, many, basaltic, small, several, few, narrow, large, intrusive, granitic



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Similar:
dam, dike, levee, butch, dyker, dyking, dykelet, dykery, Dikē, dikeside, more...

Opposite:
dams, levees, embankments, barriers

Types:
magmatic, laccolithic, sedimentary, intrusive, more...

Phrases:
bull dykes, Sonny Dykes, Dykes to Watch Out For, Lyndon Dykes, Dykes on Bikes, Doyle Dykes, Jimmy Dykes, Devil's Dykes, more...

Adjectives:
basic, numerous, many, basaltic, small, several, few, narrow, large, intrusive, granitic



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