Dike
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
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