OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 47036

dyke

/daɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dique
Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
dique
A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations…
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