Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dyke bottom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: dyke bot-tom
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Allowing for erosion it is estimated that that its 45° slope from bank top to dyke bottom was originally 12m."

Inflected Forms

dyke bottoms (plural)

Questions

What does dyke bottom mean?: The bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)

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