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dry-stone dyke

dry-stone dyke noun: a drystone wall used as a field boundary, particularly in Scotland.

Noun

dry-stone dyke (plural dry-stone dykes)

  1. A drystone wall used as a field boundary, particularly in Scotland.

Forms of dry-stone dyke

pluraldry-stone dykes

Questions about dry-stone dyke

What does dry-stone dyke mean?
Dry-stone dyke means a drystone wall used as a field boundary, particularly in Scotland.
What part of speech is dry-stone dyke?
Dry-stone dyke is a noun.
What is the plural of dry-stone dyke?
The plural of dry-stone dyke is dry-stone dykes.

Words near dry-stone dyke in the dictionary

  1. dry-salted
  2. dry-salting
  3. dry-salts
  4. dry-shod
  5. dry-stone
  6. dry-stone dyke
  7. dry-stone dykes
  8. dry-tool
  9. dry-weather tire
  10. dry-weather tyre
  11. dry-weather tyres

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