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UK
/ˌɪntəlˈɒk/
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[ US /ˌɪntɝˈɫɑk/ ]
[ US /ˌɪntɝˈɫɑk/ ]
VERB
- coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively
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become engaged or intermeshed with one another
They were locked in embrace -
hold in a locking position
He locked his hands around her neck
NOUN
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a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting
car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock -
the act of interlocking or meshing
an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check
How To Use interlock In A Sentence
- Conseco has no investment bankers, legal counsel, commercial bankers, or consultants doing business with the company on its board, nor are there any interlocking directorates.
- To make your life a sound structrure that will serve others and fulfil your own potential, you have to remember that strength, however massive , can't endure unless it has the interlocking supprt of others. Go it alone and you'll inevitably tumble.
- Schiff's forms depend (like Marianne Moore's) on interlocking enjambments, on syllabics, and on baroque grammar, or else (unlike Moore's) on dense repetitions derived from Provençal forms.
- Ionic exchange membrane to alkali is advanced technology in the world nowadays, the craft-interlocking device occupy the important position in the production.
- The building exploits the drama of this interlocked matrix of mass and light as stepped ramps zigzag through the atrium, revealing the sheer concrete wall and the great tottering stack of galleries.
- Sterling weakened this week for two interlocking reasons. Times, Sunday Times
- Much like any brick or block wall, an interlocking block wall needs a solid foundation.
- The plan was to have a cross set inside the twin interlocking triangles of the Star of David. The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy
- On their right arms were long clear shields that interlocked to form a clear plastic wall.
- He put his hands together, fingers interlocked, and cracked his knuckles like a concert pianist about to attempt a particularly difficult concerto. Star Trek The Next Generation®