Dyke

Dyke and Dike are alternate spellings which may both refer to:

Dike (construction), a long wall built to keep out the sea or enclose land or generally to enclose or separate land
Dike (geology), a long mass of minerals, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata
Diagonal pliers, Dikes, a tool
Dyke (lesbian), a slang, and often derogatory, term for lesbian.

Dyke, and its plural, may also refer to:

Dykes (surname) originating from Dykesfield, Cumbria in the northern part of England
Van Dyke, a surname of dutch origins
Greg Dyke, former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club
Hugh Dykes, The Lord Dykes, a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
John Bacchus Dykes, an English clergyman and hymnist
Dyke, Lincolnshire , Lincolnshire
Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England.
Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing England and Wales
Wansdyke in the south west, dividing old Wessex from the lands south west of it.
Devil's Dyke - running along the side of the valley in Nithsdale, Scotland.
Watsdyke - an extension of Offa's dyke built at a later period.

Dike may also refer to:

Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice, one of the three second generation Horae
99 Dike, an asteroid

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