LOCK

LOCK 1 syllable

B1 · Intermediate 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 10 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
  2. a strand or cluster of hair
  3. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
  4. enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level

💬 Examples

  • "used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it"

🔗 Similar words

curlringletwhorllock_chamberignition_lock
verb
  1. fasten with a lock
  2. keep engaged
  3. become rigid or immoveable
  4. hold in a locking position

💬 Examples

  • "lock the bike to the fence"
  • "engaged the gears"
  • "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
  • "He locked his hands around her neck"

🔗 Similar words

engagemeshoperateinterlockinterlacelock_in
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