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dyke bottom

dyke bottom noun: the bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.).

Noun

dyke bottom (plural dyke bottoms)

  1. The bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)
    • Defendant deposited the refuse from the dyke bottom still further on plaintiff's land, so that the total encroachment now varied from 5 ft. 5 in. to 5 ft. 10 in.1912, Estate Gazette, Limited (publisher), The Estates Gazette Digest of Land and Property Cases, page 249
    • One night I lay in a dyke bottom from the wind and went sleep half an hour when I suddenly awoke and found one side wet through from the sock in the dyke bottom , so I got out and went on.2003, John Clare, "I Am" - The Selected Poetry of John Clare, page 262

Forms of dyke bottom

pluraldyke bottoms

Questions about dyke bottom

What does dyke bottom mean?
Dyke bottom means the bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.).
What part of speech is dyke bottom?
Dyke bottom is a noun.
What is the plural of dyke bottom?
The plural of dyke bottom is dyke bottoms.

Words near dyke bottom in the dictionary

  1. Dyirbalic
  2. DYJHIW
  3. DYK
  4. Dykanka
  5. dyke
  6. dyke bottom
  7. dyke bottoms
  8. dyke out
  9. dyke phase
  10. dyke phases
  11. dyke road

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