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verb
- 1. (of two or more things) engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses: "their fingers interlocked"
noun
- 1. a device or mechanism for connecting or coordinating the function of different components: "a safety interlock to stop the blades spinning"
- 2. a fabric knitted with closely interlocking stitches allowing it to stretch: "a dress in soft interlock"
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The meaning of INTERLOCK is to become locked together or interconnected. How to use interlock in a sentence.
to join together firmly, esp. by fitting one part into another. interlocking. adjective us / ˌɪn·tərˈlɑk·ɪŋ / interlocking rings. (Definition of interlock from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized. to interweave or interlace, one with another: The branches of the trees interlock to form a natural archway. Railroads. (of switches, signals, etc.) to operate together in a prearranged order.
Definition of 'interlock' interlock. (ɪntəʳlɒk ) Word forms: interlocks , interlocking , interlocked. 1. verb. Things that interlock or are interlocked go between or through each other so that they are linked. The parts interlock. [VERB] Interlock your fingers behind your back. [VERB noun] Joyce sits with her fingers interlocked under her chin.
to join together firmly, esp. by fitting one part into another. interlocking. adjective us / ˌɪn·tərˈlɑk·ɪŋ / interlocking rings. (Definition of interlock from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
n. (ĭn′tər-lŏk′) 1. A mechanical device that prevents a component from functioning when another component is functioning or situated in a particular way. 2. A stretchy fabric knitted with interlocking stitches by alternating sets of needles on a circular knitting machine.
When things interlock with each other, they fit or work together. When a bicycle is properly built, all of its separate parts interlock. The parts of a machine have to interlock for it to work well: gears must interlock with each other, for example. You can also interlock fingers with another person, holding hands so that they're laced together.
