interlock

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=ter=lock

CIDE DICTIONARY

interlock, v. i. 

 To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.  [1913 Webster]

interlock, v. t. 

•  To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.  [1913 Webster]

  "My lady with her fingers interlocked."  [1913 Webster]
•  To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

interlock, v., adj., & n.
--v.
1 intr. engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses.
2 tr. (usu. in passive) lock or clasp within each other.
--adj. (of a fabric) knitted with closely interlocking stitches.
--n. a device or mechanism for connecting or coordinating the function of different components.

Derivative

interlocker n.

THESAURUS

interlock

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