dyke
/daɪk/
noun
- A wall or embankment built to hold back water and prevent flooding.
- The farmers built a dyke along the river to protect their fields.
- After the storm, workers repaired the broken dyke with sandbags.
- The Netherlands is famous for its system of dykes and canals.
- A barrier or obstacle that prevents something from spreading or flowing.
- The firewall served as a digital dyke against cyber attacks.
- The new law acted as a dyke against the spread of misinformation.
- They created a financial dyke to stop the company from going bankrupt.