"dikes" meaning in English

See dikes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: See dike. Etymology templates: {{m|en|dike}} dike Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} dikes
  1. plural of dike Tags: form-of, plural Form of: dike
    Sense id: en-dikes-en-noun-6x-06~4X Categories (other): English blends, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English blends: 74 26 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Likely a blend of diagonal + cut, with influence from dyke and dike. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|diagonal|cut|nocap=1}} blend of diagonal + cut, {{m|en|dyke}} dyke, {{m|en|dike}} dike Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} dikes pl (plural only)
  1. Alternative spelling of dykes (“diagonal cutting pliers”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Alternative form of: dykes (extra: diagonal cutting pliers)
    Sense id: en-dikes-en-noun-eL-ErnvA Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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