"dikes" meaning in English

See dikes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: See 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: 69 31 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 55 45
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 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, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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