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interlocker

interlocker noun: a device that interlocks.

Noun

interlocker (plural interlockers)

  1. A device that interlocks.
    • Signals and interlockers. — The Nickel Plate has 24 interlocking plants on its lines, of which 20 are mechanically operated and 4 electrically operated.1933, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports
  2. A person who holds more than one role in a power structure.
    • In 1995 the attention of the interlockers shifted away from their unresolved differences about sustainability to the consideration of specific policy options of particular interest to each.2000, Bill Bramwell, Bernard Lane, Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships: Politics, Practice and Sustainability

Forms of interlocker

pluralinterlockers

Origin of interlocker

From interlock + -er.

Questions about interlocker

What does interlocker mean?
Interlocker means a device that interlocks.
What part of speech is interlocker?
Interlocker is a noun.
What is the plural of interlocker?
The plural of interlocker is interlockers.

Words near interlocker in the dictionary

  1. interlock
  2. interlockability
  3. interlockable
  4. interlockably
  5. interlocked
  6. interlocker
  7. interlockers
  8. interlocking
  9. interlocking tower
  10. interlocking towers
  11. interlockings

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