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staircase lock

staircase lock noun: a set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.

Noun

staircase lock (plural staircase locks)

  1. A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.

Forms of staircase lock

pluralstaircase locks

Questions about staircase lock

What does staircase lock mean?
Staircase lock means a set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.
What part of speech is staircase lock?
Staircase lock is a noun.
What is the plural of staircase lock?
The plural of staircase lock is staircase locks.

Words near staircase lock in the dictionary

  1. stair-wire
  2. stairbuilder
  3. stairbuilders
  4. stairbuilding
  5. staircase
  6. staircase lock
  7. staircase locks
  8. staircase wit
  9. staircased
  10. staircaselike
  11. staircases

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