interlock

Speech parts

1. interlock - Noun

2. interlock - Verb

Meaning

To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lock mesh interlace interlink join link couple engage connect interconnect meshing intertwine entwine interweave interlocking
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Antonyms

cleave fork help separate leave think
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Hypernyms

hold device catch coordinate organize embrace

Phrases with the word

safety interlock water interlock

Examples

I don't like sewing machines. I don't understand how a needle with a thread going through the tip of it can interlock the thread by jamming itself into a little goddamn spool. It's contrary to nature and it irritates me. Neal Stephenson

Only in books the flat and final happens, Only in dreams we meet and interlock.... Philip Larkin

car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock Source: Internet

He locked his hands around her neck Source: Internet

an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check Source: Internet

They were locked in embrace Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

interlocally interlocate interlocation interlockability interlockable interlockably