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lockside

lockside adjective: beside a lock (segment of a waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels).

Adjective

lockside (not comparable)

  1. Beside a lock (segment of a waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels).

Noun

lockside (plural locksides)

  1. The area of land beside a lock (segment of a waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels).

Forms of lockside

plurallocksides

Origin of lockside

From lock + -side.

Questions about lockside

What does lockside mean?
Lockside means beside a lock (segment of a waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels).
What part of speech is lockside?
Lockside can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lockside in the dictionary

  1. locksful
  2. lockshield
  3. lockshields
  4. Lockshin
  5. Lockshine
  6. lockside
  7. locksides
  8. Locksley
  9. locksman
  10. locksmen
  11. locksmith

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