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double-lock

double-lock verb: to lock with two separate locks or bolts.

Verb

double-lock (third-person singular simple present double-locks, present participle double-locking, simple past and past participle double-locked)

  1. (transitive) To lock with two separate locks or bolts.
  2. (transitive) To lock by two turns of the key.

Forms of double-lock

third-person singular presentdouble-locks
present participledouble-locking
past participledouble-locked
pastdouble-locked

Questions about double-lock

What does double-lock mean?
Double-lock means to lock with two separate locks or bolts.
What part of speech is double-lock?
Double-lock is a verb.
What is the past tense of double-lock?
The past tense of double-lock is double-locked.

Words near double-lock in the dictionary

  1. double-jointed
  2. double-jointedness
  3. double-knit
  4. double-line whip
  5. double-line whips
  6. double-lock
  7. double-locked
  8. double-locking
  9. double-locks
  10. double-major
  11. double-majored

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