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lockwork

lockwork noun: the assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.

Noun

lockwork (uncountable)

  1. The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.

Origin of lockwork

From lock + work.

Questions about lockwork

What does lockwork mean?
Lockwork means the assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.
What part of speech is lockwork?
Lockwork is a noun.

Words near lockwork in the dictionary

  1. lockup houses
  2. lockups
  3. Lockwood
  4. Lockwood South
  5. Lockwoods
  6. lockwork
  7. locky
  8. locky D
  9. Lockyer
  10. Lockyer Valley
  11. Lockyers

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