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landlock

UK/ˈlandˌlɒk/US/ˈlændˌlɑk/

landlock verb: to enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.

Verb

landlock (third-person singular simple present landlocks, present participle landlocking, simple past and past participle landlocked)

  1. (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.

Forms of landlock

third-person singular presentlandlocks
present participlelandlocking
past participlelandlocked
pastlandlocked

Origin of landlock

From land + lock.

Questions about landlock

What does landlock mean?
Landlock means to enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
What part of speech is landlock?
Landlock is a verb.
How do you pronounce landlock?
Landlock is pronounced /ˈlandˌlɒk/ (UK).
What is the past tense of landlock?
The past tense of landlock is landlocked.

Words near landlock in the dictionary

  1. landlessness
  2. landlike
  3. landline
  4. landlines
  5. landliving
  6. landlock
  7. landlocked
  8. landlocked salmon
  9. landlocked salmons
  10. landlockedness
  11. landlocking

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