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sealocks

sealocks is the plural of sealock.

Meaning of sealock

Noun

sealock (plural sealocks)

  1. A lock that is positioned at the mouth of a canal or waterway so that, when the gates are closed, boats can be raised or lowered between the waterway and sea level.
    • At Corpach it is intended to form a sealock, to be cut out of the rock, and to make a small basin within it, capable of admitting a number of vessels with the flowing tide, which, after the gates are closed, may ascend the locks at leisure, […]1809, Sir John Carr, Caledonian Sketches, Or, A Tour Through Scotland in 1807, page 224
    Synonyms:
    tidal lock

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Proper noun capitalized: Sealocks

Sealocks

  1. (plural) plural of Sealock

Questions about sealocks

What is sealocks the plural of?
Sealocks is the plural of sealock.
What part of speech is sealocks?
Sealocks is a proper noun.

Words near sealocks in the dictionary

  1. sealmaker
  2. sealmakers
  3. sealmaking
  4. sealock
  5. sealocked
  6. sealocks
  7. sealore
  8. sealouse
  9. sealpoint
  10. sealpoints
  11. sealpox

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